Main Debate
- Has the EU set an adequate standard for reception conditions?
Main Points
- Purposes of EU power over reception conditions
- Objectives of the Reception Conditions Directive
- Level of obligations in the Directive
- Exceptions from obligations
EU Documents
- Directive 2013/33/EU of 26 June 2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast), OJ L 180/96, 29 June 2013.
- Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers.
- Report from the Commission to the Council and to the European Parliament on the application of Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers, COM (2007) 745.
UNHCR Documents
- UNHCR, ’Annotated Comments on Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 Laying Down Minimum Standards for the Reception of Asylum Seekers’, 1 July 2003.
- UNHCR intervention before the Court of Justice of the EU in the cases of N.S. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department in United Kingdom; M.E. and Others v. Refugee Application Commissioner and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Ireland, 1 February 2011, C-411/10 and C-493/10.
Cases
- Saciri and Others, C-79/13, Court of Justice of the European Union, reference from the Arbeidshof te Brussels (Belgium), 15 February 2013.
- Abdullahi v. Bundesasylamt, C-394/12, Court of Justice of the European Union, 10 December 2013.
- Cimade and Groupe d'information et de soutien des immigrés (GISTI) v. Ministry of Interior, C-179/11, Court of Justice of the European Union, 27 September 2012.
- N.S. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: M.E. & others v Refugee Applications Commissioner, joined cases C-411/10 and C-493/10, Court of Justice of the European Union, 11 December 2011.
- M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, Grand Chamber, European Court of Human Rights, 21 January 2011 (see also Section VI.1.2).
Readings
Core
- M. Garlick, ’Asylum-seekers and people in need of international protection’ in E. Guild, S. Carrera and K. Eisele (eds), Social Benefits and Migration: A contested relationship and policy challenge in the EU (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, 2013).
- E. Guild, ‘Seeking Asylum: Storm Clouds between International Commitments and EU Legislative Measures’, European Law Review, vol. 29 (2004), pp. 198–218.
Extended
- N. Rogers, ‘Minimum Standards for Reception’, European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 4 (2002), pp. 215–230.
Editor’s Note
- Is the recast Directive likely to raise standards anywhere?
- What disputes might arise concerning its interpretation?
- What are the consequences (legal and otherwise) of States’ failure to respect their obligations to provide minimum reception conditions in practice?
VI.2.4.2 Minimum Standards for Reception Conditions
EU Documents
# | Name | Size |
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1 | Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers. | Empty |
UNHCR Documents
Cases
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1 | M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece, Grand Chamber. | Empty |