In this Dublin Convention, that was concluded in 1990, the responsibility is established of a Member State 's competence to deal with an asylum procedure - according to this agreement, the State responsible is the one in which a refugee first finds safe haven.
I denne Dublin-konvention, som blev indgået i 1990, drejer det sig om at konstatere, at en medlemsstat, som er ansvarlig for afvikling af en asylsag, handler ansvarligt. Ansvaret ligger i henhold til denne konvention hos den stat, hvor flygtningen for første gang satte foden på sikker jord.