Asylum in the European Union: A Study of the Implementation of the Qualification Directive

A central objective of this research is to shed some light on the extent to which the Qualification Directive is achieving its aims. The research focused on practice in five Member States (France, Germany, Greece, the Slovak Republic and Sweden) following the 10 October 2006 deadline for implementation of the Directive. In particular, the research seeks to highlight: the degree of consistency (or lack of it) in the approach taken by the selected Member States to specific issues; good practices; and problems, including in terms of compatibility of State legislation and practice with international standards.