THE POSITION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE MIGRANT CRISIS IN EUROPE
THE POSITION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE MIGRANT CRISIS IN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: The migrant crisis in Europe, which reached its zenith in 2015, made EU politiciansrealize the urgent need for a more effective migration policy that would rely more on supranationalcooperation. Absence of this policy triggers migrant influx to Europe, in particularof unqualified labour force, and enhances illegal migration from which organized criminalgroups profit enormously. Moreover, uncontrolled migration processes give rise to a number ofsocial, economic, political and cultural problems all across the EU, and thus nurture the Euroscepticmood. This leads to societal negation of the European integration project and providesfertile soil to the spread of radicalism and xenophobia. The aim of the study is to capture theposition of European Parliament on recent migrant crisis. The Parliament, a democratically legitimatebody, which claims the right to represent European societies, advocates adoption ofsystemic EU approach to migration which should be based on the respect of human rights andcreation of legal migration pathways for refugees and workers needed by Europe. The solutionof the present migrant crisis is sought by the EP in moving towards a common, comprehensive European immigration policy and enhanced solidarity of EU member states in response to increasedinflux of refugees from conflict zones.

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