C/L/114. Dissertation. EU Immigration Policy from Tampere through The Hague

This paper looks at the new measures that are being adopted in the EU to combat illegal immigration. This is being carried out under the framework adopted in Tampere in 1999 and continued in The Hague in 2004. This framework inextricably links immigration and asylum and therefore this paper looks at EU asylum policy also. The paper is divided into four chapters: an overview of the Tampere and Hague programmes; specific illegal immigration policies of these programmes; the evolution of the decision making procedure for immigration and asylum; and the implications the new programme has for Member States obligations under international refugee law.