The master thesis addresses from the European perspective instruments of relocation and resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers. Relocation and resettlement are global instruments for providing protection to refugees. Through them, notion of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility is expressed. From European perspective relocation is a tool through which internal solidarity between Member States is being expressed while resettlement is a humanitarian measure and expression of external solidarity vis-à-vis third countries in the regions of origin. Through resettlement also solidarity vis-à-vis protracted refugees from those regions is expressed. Relocation and resettlement were not yet incorporated into the EU asylum law. Until recently relocation and resettlement were organised as temporary measures or were implemented on an ad hoc bases since there is a lack of common will and solidarity for adoption of permanent and binding relocation and resettlement instruments between Member States. The first part of the master thesis consists of a brief evolution of Common European Asylum System and burden sharing mechanisms. It analyses the evolution of tools for fair sharing of refugees between Member States and harmonisation of asylum law between Member States, which paves the way for adopting EU wide relocation and resettlement mechanisms. In the second part, master thesis is focusing on resettlement of refugees. Firstly, there is an introduction of resettlement and then EU legal acts and UNHCR documentation are being studied. In the third part of the master thesis relocation is introduced and differences between relocation of refugees and of asylum seekers are pointed out. Master thesis then critically observes already implemented relocation measures. At the and master thesis is focusing on possible solutions for current EU situation and is pointing out obstacles which are preventing adoption of permanent measures in European asylum law.
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