Evangelia Tsourdi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075421 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evangelia Tsourdi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evangelia |
| FAMILY NAME | Tsourdi |
| SIGNATURE | TSOURDI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maastricht University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-0458-1112 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Four Decades of Scholarship on International Refugee Law
Migration Governance Through Funding
This special issue explores migration governance through funding while providing unique empirical insights into its design, rationale, use and implications. We embed the rise of funding as a governance tool within the broader debate on the externalization of migration control and the role of conditionality in inter-state relations. Finally, we explore the impact of governance through funding on migration governance and on diplomacy more broadly, …
“Systemic Violations” in EU Asylum Law
The concept of a systemic fundamental rights violation refers to a particular set of violations that are both widespread and embedded, so their reoccurrence may be assumed to be likely. It takes on at least two distinctive roles in EU asylum law and policy. One role is linked with the functioning of the principle of mutual trust, a principle that obliges Member States to recognise each others’ systems and decisions, presuming them to be legal, ap…
Holding the European Asylum Support Office Accountable for its role in Asylum Decision-Making
The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) seeks to harmonize national asylum procedures. The initial implementation design of the CEAS, reflective of the theory of executive federalism, foresaw that national authorities were to conduct asylum processing and implement the harmonized norms. The implementation design of the EU asylum policy has, nevertheless, started to shift. An integrated European administration is emerging. One area this is pronou…
Covid-19, Asylum in the EU, and the Great Expectations of Solidarity
COVID-19, Asylum in the EU, and the Great Expectations of Solidarity Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi* 'Stay at home. Wash your hands frequently with soap and water. ' These simple instructions could help save lives and flatten the coronavirus curve. Unfortunately, things are not so simple for the almost 39,000 asylum-seeking men, women, and children, 1 among them thousands of unaccompanied children, 2 residing on the Greek Aegean islands. Asylum seeke…
Voting Rights of Refugees
The question of whether to enfranchise recognized refugees is not merely a theoretical inquiry of academic interest, but a rather salient matter of refugee protection. Debates around refugee integration are intensifying, and the conception of duties owed by recognized refugees to their host societies is gaining prominence. The expectations that refugees must meet, such as swiftly learning the local language, and successfully entering the national…
The Challenge of Asylum Detention to Refugee Protection
Detention poses a specific challenge to refugee protection; detained asylum-seekers risk not being able to file and meaningfully pursue their claim and benefit only from restrained social and economic rights. They pay a steep human cost. Courts, the legislature, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have made efforts to rationalise its use, with the aim to render it a truly exceptional measure of last resort. However, challenges r…
Asylum Detention in EU Law
This article critically assesses the amended European Union asylum detention framework. It traces the tension reflected in the regime between protection provision and administrative imperatives, such as migration management. The research argues that the amended legislation closely frames asylum detention. A coherent regional understanding of "alternatives to asylum detention" also emerges from the legal framework. These elements have the potentia…
Exploring the Boundaries of Refugee Law
Protection challenges around the globe require innovative legal, policy and practical responses. Drawing primarily from a new generation of researchers in the field of refugee law, this volume explores the ‘boundaries’ of refugee law. On the one hand, it ascertains the scope of the legal provisions by highlighting new trends in State practice and analysing the jurisprudence of international human rights bodies, as well as national and internation…
Towards a Re-definition of Persecution? Assessing the Potential Impact of Y and Z
In its judgment in the Y and Z case1 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided interpretative guidance on two important issues linked to the recognition of refugee status. First, what is the content of the notion of persecution? Second, is there a requirement to be ‘discreet’ in order to avoid persecution? The CJEU is increasingly called upon by national courts to interpret provisions of the legal instruments setting up the vario…
The "Other" Greek Crisis
This article assesses the European Union’s efforts to implement refugee protection and how solidarity and responsibility-sharing apply between Member States. The analysis focuses on the case of Greece, which faces extreme migratory pressures and is still in the process of building an effective asylum system. The research locates the types of responsibilities owed to refugees under European Union law for selected areas such as humanitarian support…
The "Other" Greek Crisis
This article assesses the European Union’s efforts to implement refugee protection and how solidarity and responsibility-sharing apply between Member States. The analysis focuses on the case of Greece, which faces extreme migratory pressures and is still in the process of building an effective asylum system. The research locates the types of responsibilities owed to refugees under European Union law for selected areas such as humanitarian support…
Migration Governance Through Funding
This special issue explores migration governance through funding while providing unique empirical insights into its design, rationale, use and implications. We embed the rise of funding as a governance tool within the broader debate on the externalization of migration control and the role of conditionality in inter-state relations. Finally, we explore the impact of governance through funding on migration governance and on diplomacy more broadly, …
The Challenge of Asylum Detention to Refugee Protection
Detention poses a specific challenge to refugee protection; detained asylum-seekers risk not being able to file and meaningfully pursue their claim and benefit only from restrained social and economic rights. They pay a steep human cost. Courts, the legislature, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have made efforts to rationalise its use, with the aim to render it a truly exceptional measure of last resort. However, challenges r…
Asylum Detention in EU Law
This article critically assesses the amended European Union asylum detention framework. It traces the tension reflected in the regime between protection provision and administrative imperatives, such as migration management. The research argues that the amended legislation closely frames asylum detention. A coherent regional understanding of "alternatives to asylum detention" also emerges from the legal framework. These elements have the potentia…
The "Other" Greek Crisis
This article assesses the European Union’s efforts to implement refugee protection and how solidarity and responsibility-sharing apply between Member States. The analysis focuses on the case of Greece, which faces extreme migratory pressures and is still in the process of building an effective asylum system. The research locates the types of responsibilities owed to refugees under European Union law for selected areas such as humanitarian support…
Towards a Re-definition of Persecution? Assessing the Potential Impact of Y and Z
In its judgment in the Y and Z case1 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided interpretative guidance on two important issues linked to the recognition of refugee status. First, what is the content of the notion of persecution? Second, is there a requirement to be ‘discreet’ in order to avoid persecution? The CJEU is increasingly called upon by national courts to interpret provisions of the legal instruments setting up the vario…
Exploring the Boundaries of Refugee Law
Protection challenges around the globe require innovative legal, policy and practical responses. Drawing primarily from a new generation of researchers in the field of refugee law, this volume explores the ‘boundaries’ of refugee law. On the one hand, it ascertains the scope of the legal provisions by highlighting new trends in State practice and analysing the jurisprudence of international human rights bodies, as well as national and internation…
The Challenge of Asylum Detention to Refugee Protection
Detention poses a specific challenge to refugee protection; detained asylum-seekers risk not being able to file and meaningfully pursue their claim and benefit only from restrained social and economic rights. They pay a steep human cost. Courts, the legislature, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have made efforts to rationalise its use, with the aim to render it a truly exceptional measure of last resort. However, challenges r…
Asylum Detention in EU Law
This article critically assesses the amended European Union asylum detention framework. It traces the tension reflected in the regime between protection provision and administrative imperatives, such as migration management. The research argues that the amended legislation closely frames asylum detention. A coherent regional understanding of "alternatives to asylum detention" also emerges from the legal framework. These elements have the potentia…
Voting Rights of Refugees
The question of whether to enfranchise recognized refugees is not merely a theoretical inquiry of academic interest, but a rather salient matter of refugee protection. Debates around refugee integration are intensifying, and the conception of duties owed by recognized refugees to their host societies is gaining prominence. The expectations that refugees must meet, such as swiftly learning the local language, and successfully entering the national…
Holding the European Asylum Support Office Accountable for its role in Asylum Decision-Making
The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) seeks to harmonize national asylum procedures. The initial implementation design of the CEAS, reflective of the theory of executive federalism, foresaw that national authorities were to conduct asylum processing and implement the harmonized norms. The implementation design of the EU asylum policy has, nevertheless, started to shift. An integrated European administration is emerging. One area this is pronou…
Covid-19, Asylum in the EU, and the Great Expectations of Solidarity
COVID-19, Asylum in the EU, and the Great Expectations of Solidarity Evangelia (Lilian) Tsourdi* 'Stay at home. Wash your hands frequently with soap and water. ' These simple instructions could help save lives and flatten the coronavirus curve. Unfortunately, things are not so simple for the almost 39,000 asylum-seeking men, women, and children, 1 among them thousands of unaccompanied children, 2 residing on the Greek Aegean islands. Asylum seeke…
“Systemic Violations” in EU Asylum Law
The concept of a systemic fundamental rights violation refers to a particular set of violations that are both widespread and embedded, so their reoccurrence may be assumed to be likely. It takes on at least two distinctive roles in EU asylum law and policy. One role is linked with the functioning of the principle of mutual trust, a principle that obliges Member States to recognise each others’ systems and decisions, presuming them to be legal, ap…
Four Decades of Scholarship on International Refugee Law
Migration Governance Through Funding
This special issue explores migration governance through funding while providing unique empirical insights into its design, rationale, use and implications. We embed the rise of funding as a governance tool within the broader debate on the externalization of migration control and the role of conditionality in inter-state relations. Finally, we explore the impact of governance through funding on migration governance and on diplomacy more broadly, …
Political science (11 works) · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Refugee (6 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (5 works) · Human rights (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Business (4 works)