Lietuvos teisės derinimo su Europos Sąjungos prieglobsčio teisynu iššūkiai.
Abstract
Approximation of legislation plays a significant role in the process of accession to the
European Union, along with approximation of policies and administrative practices. Asylum
questions together with other fields of justice and home affairs become more and more acute and are
to no lesser extent relevant for Lithuania as that for the EU. The objective of this article is to analyse
the results of approximation of Lithuanian legislation with asylum acquis of the EU and determine
the gaps in this process, as well as the challenges to be met. The article covers the situation for the
period of 2000-2002. The focus of the analysis is the legislation of Lithuania regulating asylum
matters, being assessed in the context of EU policies and legal acts on asylum. The article reviews the
requirements for membership related to asylum issues, the state of affairs of approximation process
and the remaining gaps to be filled with a view of meeting accession requirements. A prognosis of
possible constrains in this process is also presented in the article.
Similarly, as the other countries joining the European Union, Lithuania might face at least two
challenges with regard to adoption and implementation of the asylum acquis. First, related to the fact
that asylum acquis is constantly developing in the EU and Lithuania will have to catch up with these
developments in adopting legislation and transforming it to practice. Secondly, the regulation of
asylum matters in the Union represents a search of a balance between the human rights protection,
including the right to seek asylum, and on the other hand – interests of the Member States to control
the entry of foreigners to their territory. Lithuania will thus need to find a way of reconciling these two
mutually conflicting interests.
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