Balancing of interests

Kamilla Galicz

Chapter 22 in Handbook of Research on Migration, COVID-19 and Cities, 2025, pp 395-412 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter examines access to asylum during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, contextualising the public health emergency in the increasing trend to securitise the Common European Asylum System. It explores how Member States sought to restrict access to asylum by applying a securitarian and emergency-centred approach, arguing that the COVID-19 pandemic followed and exacerbated restrictive trends emerging from past crises. Revealing the laborious balancing between the apparently competing interests of protecting public health and respecting human rights, the analysis aims to assess the impact of emergency rulemaking on access to the EU territory, the asylum procedure and arrival services by people on the move. To this end, the chapter offers two case studies: the practice of Italian quarantine ships, and the Hungarian embassy procedure. Ultimately, an attempt is made to outline the long-term consequences of COVID-19-related asylum restrictions in light of the New European Pact on Migration and Asylum.

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; CEAS; Asylum Access; Securitisation; Quarantine Ships; Embassy Procedure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035301225
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