Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union

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The Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union is an EU legal instrument that restricts and regulates the granting of asylum by EU countries to citizens of other EU member states, reflecting the assumption of mutual respect for fundamental rights within the Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf EU legal instrument ⓘ
European Union protocol ⓘ
treaty protocol ⓘ
addresses relationship between EU citizenship and asylum within the EU ⓘ
adoptedInContextOf deepening of EU cooperation in justice and home affairs ⓘ
allowsExceptionFor cases where a Member State is in serious and persistent breach of fundamental rights ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction European Union ⓘ
basedOnAssumption mutual respect for fundamental rights by EU Member States ⓘ
that Member States are safe countries of origin for each other’s nationals ⓘ
bindingOn all EU Member States ⓘ
category primary EU law ⓘ
concerns status of EU Member States as safe countries of origin for each other’s nationals ⓘ
geographicalScope territory of EU Member States ⓘ
hasConsequence EU nationals generally seek protection through EU internal remedies rather than asylum in another Member State ⓘ
hasLegalEffect reinforces presumption that EU Member States respect human rights ⓘ
restricts asylum claims by EU citizens within the EU ⓘ
imposesRestrictionOn possibility for an EU Member State to grant asylum to a national of another EU Member State ⓘ
influences national asylum procedures concerning EU citizens ⓘ
interpretedInLightOf EU fundamental rights standards ⓘ
principle of mutual recognition and mutual trust in EU law ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalDomain EU asylum law ⓘ
EU fundamental rights law ⓘ
EU immigration law ⓘ
legalNature binding protocol annexed to EU Treaties ⓘ
linkedTo principle of mutual trust between EU Member States ⓘ
respect for fundamental rights under EU law ⓘ
objective to reflect mutual confidence in Member States’ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
to regulate intra-EU asylum applications by EU citizens ⓘ
partOf Treaty of Amsterdam ⓘ
regulates granting of asylum by EU Member States to nationals of other EU Member States ⓘ
relatedInstrument Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
relatedTo Common European Asylum System ⓘ
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ⓘ
principle of non-refoulement in EU law ⓘ
subjectMatter asylum ⓘ
nationals of EU Member States ⓘ
typeOfRestriction substantive limitation on asylum eligibility for EU nationals within the EU ⓘ

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Treaty of Amsterdam → containsProtocol → Protocol on asylum for nationals of Member States of the European Union ⓘ