in the context of the Dublin Regulation, the phenomenon where third-country nationals apply for international protection in more than one Member State with or without having already received international protection in one of those Member States
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The term ‘asylum-shopping’ has no legal definition, but is used in an informal sense and also in Commission Communications. It is often used with a negative connotation, as it implies an abuse of the asylum procedure through the lodging of more than one application for international protection in different Member States (choosing the Member State which may grant the most appealing social, humanitarian and economic standards).
Therefore, a system which clearly allocates responsibility for the examination of an asylum claim within the EU will still be necessary in order to avoid the phenomena of 'asylum shopping' and 'refugees in orbit'.
