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.
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.