Crisis in the Mediterranean neighbourhood: A test for the European union migration policy
The paper analyses the implementation of the EU immigration and asylum policy and the control of EU member states' external borders in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. The author argues that the European Union pursues an exclusive version of those policies aimed at reducing the immigr...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Međunarodni Problemi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0025-8555/2015/0025-85551504328S.pdf |
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| Summary: | The paper analyses the implementation of the EU immigration and asylum policy
and the control of EU member states' external borders in the aftermath of the
Arab Spring. The author argues that the European Union pursues an exclusive
version of those policies aimed at reducing the immigration pressure as well
as preventing illegal border crossings into the member states. Two key
mechanisms have been identified in the EU policy implementation: 1) a
restrictive border control regime, and 2) agreements to transfer border
management and supervision tasks to the third countries (transitional
countries). The author emphasizes that the development of an exclusive
migration strategy was not followed by the needed changes of the inclusive
aspects of the EU immigration and asylum policy and the control of external
borders; in fact, the EU member state's asylum systems were not preventively
strengthened as to enhance national capacities to receive and integrate new
migrants. The dramatic increase of the number of illegal crossings of the
European Union external borders in 2014 caused the collapse of the EU
immigration strategy, and failures in national asylum systems of the member
states. The author concludes that partially integrated EU immigration and
asylum policy at national level led to the dysfunctional external border
management and the EU's loss of control over massive immigration influxes. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-8555 2406-0690 |