The EU’s Black Sea Initiatives and their Effects on Migration Control and Security Cooperation
The EU’s Black Sea Initiatives and their Effects on Migration Control and Security Cooperation

Summary/Abstract: European Union’s (EU) Black Sea Policy aims the promotion of democracy and enhancement of civil society dialogue at its first phase. However the current unresolvable conflicts between Abkhazia and South Ossetia that belongs to Georgia and Russia, Nagorno Karabagh problem between Azerbaijan and Armenia certainly increases terrorism, illegal migration and crime potential of the Black Sea region. This situation directs the EU to develop more strategies and policies on security cooperation and migration control over Black Sea area- as political and economic stability in Black Sea-a neighbor region, has a primary importance for the EU considering its security and migration policies. Therefore three complementary policy and initiatives of EU, namely- European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), Black Sea Synergy (BSS) and Eastern Partnership Initiative (EaP), has been aimed to create a favorable ground for fostering stability, security and prosperity around the Black Sea. This paper specifically examines security and migration cooperation between Black Sea Countries and the EU in the abovementioned initiatives. Such aims and results of these initiatives will be studied in relation with EU’s Migration and Security Policy goals.

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