On asylum there is a hope of avoiding the worst.
Not that the world as a whole ever quite lived up to its fine rhetoric on asylum.
Most experts now agree that international rules on political asylum are inadequate.
Decisions on asylum should take months - not years.
Both these things contribute to a coherent policy on asylum.
They point in the right direction as to the future of European policy on asylum and migration.
There is still a long road ahead of us before we achieve a common policy on asylum.
Can it follow a progressive policy on asylum and refugees?
A European policy on asylum is long overdue, for example.
Those awaiting a court decision on asylum are also less likely to be freed.
