E-raamat: Seeking Asylum: Comparative Law and Practice in Selected European Countries

1: Introduction.
1. The definition of the term refugee.
2. The 'right'
of asylum.
3. Refugees as a problem for states.
4. Book outline. 2: Admission
Procedures for Asylum Seekers.
1. Relevant domestic provisions.
2. General
features of the asylum procedure.
3. Participation of the UNHCR. 3: Rights of
Appeal.
1. The Belgian `Commission Permanente de Recours des Réfugiés'.
2.
The German administrative court systems and the `Bundesverfassungsgericht'.
3. The French `Commission de Recours des Réfugiés'.
4. The Swedish Aliens
Appeals Board.
5. The Swiss `Commission de Recours en matičre d'Asile'.
6.
The British system of an Adjudicator and the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. 4:
Standard of Proof and Rules of Evidence.
1. Proving the existence of a
`well-founded fear of persecution'.
2. Proving the lack of protection. 5:
Protection Against `Refoulement' and Living Conditions During the Pre-Asylum
Period.
1. Restrictions to the free movement of asylum seekers.
2.
Employment, education and social assistance. 6: De facto Refugees: a Legal
Status or a Mere Tolerance?
1. General observation at a European level.
2. A
legal status in Sweden.
3. A mere tolerance in the Federal Republic of
Germany, in Switzerland and in the United Kingdom.
4. The particular
situation of Belgium and France. 7: The Granting of Refugee Status and of
Durable Asylum.
1. Particular situations.
2. The status of convention
refugees. 8: Conclusion.
1. Politics of `non-entrée'.
2. Few are recognized
as convention refugees.
3. Prospects for harmonization. Summary of the
principal national legislation. Bibliography. Index.