Is the Dublin Regulation really dead ?
The Schengen area does not entail that there are no borders at all. On the contrary, it means that there are no boarders inside and check points and borders toward the non EU countries. On the basis of this assumption, stated by the Schengen Code, only few countries are responsible for managing the external boarders of the EU. Some of them are under a lot of pressure. Mainly Greece, Italy, and Hungary because they constitue the « easiest » road toward the EU. In order to control the flow of migration, the right of asylum can only be claimed in one single country. This rule is set-up by the Dublin Regulation, currently discussed at the European Parliament within the context of the relocation mechanisms proposed by the Commission on September 9th 2015. (suite…)