Provisions on asylum applications in accordance with the Dublin Convention

Abstract

The Convention is part of European law with two main objectives: Establish a common framework for determining which country in European Union (states that are part of European Union known as Member States) shall decide on application of asylum seeker.Ensure that one Member State handles each asylum application.The full official designation of Convention is the convention which specifies State responsible for considering asylum applications submitted in a Member State. This agreement was agreed as part of a meeting of European Union held in capital of Republic of Ireland, in January 1990, which is why it is known as Dublin Convention .The Convention was ratified by Governments of European Union in 1990 and signed by United Kingdom in July 1992. However, Convention is part of European law and can only enter into force after all Member States have already signed and passed it in their own parliaments. The Convention was finally ratified in 1997.Prior to entry into force of Convention, most European Union member States used another law of European law,