Australia’s History and Background of Migration and Refugee Policies – Lessons for the EU and Its Member States?
Australia’s History and Background of Migration and Refugee Policies – Lessons for the EU and Its Member States?

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores Australia’s history and background of migration and refugee policies and examines the possibilities of applying the Australian solutions in the European Union. It has often been assumed that the history of Australia’s migration and refugee policies and the solutions it has applied are not relevant for the European Union (although they are sufficient, albeit controversial, in the case of Australia). In order to verify this assumption, first the origin and the current rules of Australia’s migration policyare presented and described, and then the determinants of immigration to Australia areindicated. Next, the overall state of relations between the EU, its Member States, andAustralian immigration matters is explored. The main research questions posed in thistext concern the key points of Australia’s immigration policies and its determinants, aswell as the current state of the EU’s and its Member States’ relationship with Australia with respect to the refugee crisis and immigration. The paper ends by offering conclusions with respect to the above.

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