vi. Co-operation and Responsibility/Burden-Sharing

Main Debates Burden Shifting v. Burden-Sharing   Main Points Modest Degree of Funding Provided for the Review of the European Refugee Fund Planned after Enlargement.   EU InstrumentsProposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection, COM (2007) 298, 6 June 2007.Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament establishing a framework programme on Solidarity and the Management of Migration Flows for the period 2007–2013, COM (2005) 123, 6 April 2005.UNHCR documentsUNHCR, ‘Observations on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Strengthened Practical Cooperation – New Structures, New Approaches: Improving the Quality of Decision Making in the Common European Asylum System, (COM (2006) 67, 17 February 2006)’, April 2006.ReadingsCoreR. Byrne, ‘Harmonization and Burden Redistribution in the Two Europes’ Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 16, no. 3 (September 2003), pp. 336–358.E. Thielemann, ‘Towards Refugee Burden-Sharing in the European Union State Interests and Policy Options’, Ninth Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, 31 March–2 April 2005. ECRE, ‘Information Note on the Council Decision Establishing the European Refugee Fund for the Period 2005–2010’, December 2004. Extended E.R. Thielemann, ‘Between Interests and Norms: Explaining Burden-Sharing in the European Union’, Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 16, no. 3 (September 2003), pp. 253–273.