Jean Monnet Network “MAPS – Migration and Asylum Policy Systems. Weaknesses, Shortcomings and Reform Proposals”

The proposal of University of Naples “L’Orientale” for a Network Jean Monnet on MIGRATION AND ASYLUM POLICIES SYSTEMS (MAPS) was born on the basis of the past experiences of Jean Monnet activities carried out (Jean Monnet Modules; Jean Monnet Chair; Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet on Migrations’ Rights in the Mediterranean (CEMIRIM)), of the academic courses on the International Protection of Migrants Rights, on the Protection of Human Rights in EU and, finally, on Islamic and Sinology studies focused on the phenomenon of migration. Starting from EU proposal of May 4, 2016 to amend the asylum system, Dublin IV, MAPS aims at highlighting key changes relating to general principles and safeguards of asylum system and the Corrective Allocation Mechanism (CAM) as regards as clearly differentiate between deficiencies in the legal design of the system and in its implementation, analysing weaknesses and the compliance with international law obligations to protect asylum claimants, refugees and migrants in general. MAPS will create both new content and new research and debating activities at international as well as national level in the field of the European integration studies. In particular, a comparative research will investigate differences in the asylum and migration laws and policies of Member States including their implementation under stress as a consequence of the ongoing crises in Syria, Iraq, Central and East Africa. The University Goce Delcev – Stip is also a partner in this project