The European Union Agency for Asylum: Legal remedies and national articulations in composite procedures

Abstract

In recent years, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has been variously involved in the decision-making processes of national authorities deciding on individual asylum applications. In spite of its capability of affecting national asylum procedures and the circumstances in which they are carried out, holding EUAA accountable for its action is prevented by the lack of clear allocations of tasks and the consequent inadequacy of the judicial remedies available. By analysing and comparing the main role played by the Agency in Italy and Malta, this article sheds some light on the different problems of effective judicial protection, which vary and arise differently depending on the tasks performed by EUAA in each national legal system.