This is Very Urgent Indeed‘: How the 2015 ‘Refugee Crisis‘ Justified Departing From Established Processes of Law-making

During the 2015 ‘refugee crisis‘ Sweden adopted one of the strictest asylum policies in the EU through temporary legislation. A feeling of urgency marked the drafting process. Key elements of the law-making process were disregarded: e.g. rapidly drafted proposals with no analysis of the consequences and the proportionality of the measures suggested, extremely short deadlines...

Panel 135, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM