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Stockholmprogrammets paradoxer : en studie om hur visionen om ett öppnare och tryggare Europa sätter asylrätten i kläm

Lund, Sofia LU (2010) MRSG20 20092
Human Rights Studies
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Abstract
The Stockholmprogramme was recently adopted by the European Council. In a five-year period the focus of EUs work should be in the area of justice and security. Human rights defenders has criticized the European Union for promoting the security of the Union before human rights. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the contradictions in the Stockholmprogramme about the right to seek asylum and why these occur.
By investigating the Stockholmprogramme and following the modern refugee debate the result has shown that the European identity prevent possibilities for refugee protection when universal human rights is put against national interest to defeat terrorism. Myths about “good refugee” and “bad refugee” can explain why the... (More)
The Stockholmprogramme was recently adopted by the European Council. In a five-year period the focus of EUs work should be in the area of justice and security. Human rights defenders has criticized the European Union for promoting the security of the Union before human rights. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the contradictions in the Stockholmprogramme about the right to seek asylum and why these occur.
By investigating the Stockholmprogramme and following the modern refugee debate the result has shown that the European identity prevent possibilities for refugee protection when universal human rights is put against national interest to defeat terrorism. Myths about “good refugee” and “bad refugee” can explain why the Stockholmprogramme cannot provide shelter for refugees. The argument of this paper is that it´s meaningless to strive towards a vision that do not fully respect the human rights. (Less)
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author
Lund, Sofia LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20092
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Flykting, Asylrätt, Mänskliga rättigheter, Human rights, Asyl, Europeiska Rådet, Stockholmsprogrammet, EU, Europeiska Unionen
language
Swedish
id
1525062
date added to LUP
2010-02-26 14:52:44
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:47
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  abstract     = {{The Stockholmprogramme was recently adopted by the European Council. In a five-year period the focus of EUs work should be in the area of justice and security. Human rights defenders has criticized the European Union for promoting the security of the Union before human rights. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the contradictions in the Stockholmprogramme about the right to seek asylum and why these occur.  
By investigating the Stockholmprogramme and following the modern refugee  debate the result has shown that the European identity prevent  possibilities for refugee protection when universal human rights is put  against national interest to defeat terrorism. Myths about “good refugee” and “bad refugee” can explain why the Stockholmprogramme cannot provide shelter for refugees. The argument of this paper is that it´s meaningless to strive towards a vision that do not fully respect the human rights.}},
  author       = {{Lund, Sofia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Stockholmprogrammets paradoxer : en studie om hur visionen om ett öppnare och tryggare Europa sätter asylrätten i kläm}},
  year         = {{2010}},
}