MC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Maastricht Treaty, Natural Disaster, Asylum Shopping
Document Summary
Foundaion of eu ciizenship rests on two principles: freedom of movement, freedom of non-discriminaion. Tensions with eu ciizenship: naional vs supernatural, old europe v new europe, economically acive vs non-acive. Refugee- persons forced to lee their country of origin due to armed conlict, poliical persecuion, or natural disaster. Migrant- persons who choose to leave their country of origin for economic, poliical, or social reasons. Asylum-seeker- persons who have sought protecion as a refugee, but whose claim has not been formally assessed. Internally displaced person- persons forced to lee their homes due to armed conlict, persecuion, or disaster but sill remain in their country. Where are these refugees coming from: refugees coming into eu come from a variety of countries, makes miigaing low more diicult due t muliple entry points. Dublin convenion 1990: concerned with establishing responsibility for asylum processing.
