European Union Committee
Brexit: refugee protection and asylum policy
48th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 11 October 2019 - HL Paper 428
Contents
Chapter 2: Refugee protection: international, EU and UK policy
International refugee protection
The UN Refugee Convention and Protocol
Other international instruments
The Common European Asylum System (CEAS)
Establishing a common European asylum policy
Table 1: UK participation in CEAS: phase two
Table 2: Other EU asylum and migration measures
Table 3: Time limits for Dublin transfers
Figure 1: Proposed reforms to the EU’s asylum system
Refugee resettlement programmes
Box 1: UK refugee resettlement programmes
How many asylum seekers are in the UK?
Figure 2: Asylum applications lodged in Dublin States, by receiving country and year 2017–18
Figure 3: Refugee numbers in the UK compared to top refugee-hosting countries in 2018
Figure 4: Asylum applications in the UK
Chapter 3: Brexit implications
Table 4: Dublin transfers to and from the UK 2008–2018
Box 3: Examples of UK activities funded by the AMIF
Chapter 4: Future UK-EU asylum cooperation
A new UK-EU strategic relationship?
The framework for future cooperation
Box 5: Norway’s position in the CEAS
Priorities for future cooperation
Box 6: Section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
An alternative to UK-EU cooperation?
Chapter 5: Future UK asylum policy
Criticisms of the UK asylum system
Improving the UK’s asylum system
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 5: Defining the term ‘refugee’
Appendix 7: Letter from the Security Minister to Lord Jay of Ewelme, 10 September 2019
Evidence is published online at https://www.parliament.uk/hlinquiry-brexit-asylum-international-protection/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.