HAS THE EUROPEAN UNION DONE ENOUGH? MIXED REACTIONS FROM THE DYNYMICS OF THE MOST RECENT MIGRATION CRISIS
HAS THE EUROPEAN UNION DONE ENOUGH? MIXED REACTIONS FROM THE DYNYMICS OF THE MOST RECENT MIGRATION CRISIS

Summary/Abstract: THIS CONTRIBUTION AIMS AT DEPICTING THE DYNAMICS OF CURRENT MIGRATION CRISIS,INSISTING ON THE EU`S RESPONSE TO AN EVER CHANGING CLIMATE OF INSTABILITY IN THEMEDITERRANEAN AND THE AEGEAN SEA. BESIDES DESCRIBING THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE EUTO CONTAIN THE MASSIVE WAVES OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, THE ARTICLE ALSOIDENTIFIES THE GAPS WITHIN THE COLLABORATION AMONG EU MEMBER STATES AND OTHERREGIONAL PARTNERS. THE SCHENGEN AREA, AS WELL AS THE AREA FOR LIBERTY, SECURITY AND JUSTICE HAD TOFORGE SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE CONSEQUENCES OF IRREGULAR MIGRATIONCAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE UPON THE POLITICAL LEADERS OF THE STATES DIRECTLYON THE PATH OF THE TWO MAJOR ROUTES OF ACCESS TO EUROPE. THE EUROPEANINTEGRATION PROCESS IS EXPENDING ITS AREAS OF CONTROL IN AN ATTEMPT TO BUILD ACOMMON IDENTITY, THIS BEING A TEST TO THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY. INORDER TO HAVE A BETTER APPROACH TO BORDER CONTROL THE EU INSTITUTIONS ANDMEMBER STATES MUST REACH A COMMON GROUND IN TERMS OF TACKLING THE ROOD CAUSEFOR THESE CONFLICTS, AS WELL AS GAINING A LONG TERM AUTHONOMOUS STRATEGIC ANDOPERATIONAL IDENTITY, THAT ALLOWS THEM TO IMPOSE THE CORE VALUES ALL DEMOCRATICCOUNTRIES SHARE AND PROTECT.

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