Introducing ASILE -Global Asylum Governance and European Union's Role

H2020 2019: Global Asylum Governance and European Union's Role

With Professor Maja Janmyr and Dr Lewis Turner, RefMig leader Cathryn Costello will be contributing to a work package in the Horizon 2020-project ASILE, coordinated by CEPS (Brussels). The project studies the interactions between emerging international protection systems and the United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR), with particular focus on the European Union’s role and contribution. The work package – ‘Refugee Recognition, Self-reliance and Rights’ will facilitate a better understanding of how refugee protection is allocated and the rights enjoyed by refugees, as well as clarify the link between ‘refugeehood’ and the quality of refugee protection, taking work rights as an important litmus test for this protection. It will provide an in-depth comparative case study on the refugee recognition regimes in Jordan and Bangladesh.