The Common European Asylum System in Poland - Tema asyl ...

Table of Contents
1 Introduction .........................................................................................................1
1.1 Purpose, research question and limitations.......................................................1
1.1.1 Purpose....................................................................................................1
1.1.2 Research questions ..................................................................................3
1.1.3 Limitations ..............................................................................................3
1.2 Why analyse implementation and asylum policy?............................................3
1.2.1 Human rights perspective.........................................................................3
1.2.2 Popular trust perspective..........................................................................4
1.3 Key concepts...................................................................................................4
2 Background – EU asylum policy .........................................................................6
2.1 Historical perspectives.....................................................................................6
2.2 The European Refugee Fund ...........................................................................7
2.3 Milestones on the road to the Common European Asylum System...................8
2.3.1 The European Council meeting in Tampere in 1999.................................8
2.3.2 The European Council meeting in Brussels in 2004 .................................9
2.4 The status of third country nationals granted protection in the EU ...................9
3 Methodology ......................................................................................................11
3.1 Operationalising the research questions .........................................................11
3.2 Choice of case study country .........................................................................11
3.3 Specification; Fulfilment of Minimum Standards...........................................12
3.4 A prospect investigating case study ...............................................................12
3.5 Empirical material and evaluation of the sources ...........................................13
3.6 Reflecting on the administrative approach .....................................................14
4 Theoretical framework......................................................................................15
4.1 Focus of the implementation analysis ............................................................15
4.2 Christoph Knill; implementation and administrative reform capacity.............15
4.3 Theoretical considerations on legitimacy .......................................................17
4.3.1 Interpreting the concept of citizenship....................................................17
5 Poland ................................................................................................................19
5.1 Socio-economic situation...............................................................................19
5.2 Asylum process and reception conditions ......................................................20