SEEKING NEW OPTIONS FOR EU MIGRATION POLICY: LESSONS FROM AUSTRALIA
SEEKING NEW OPTIONS FOR EU MIGRATION POLICY: LESSONS FROM AUSTRALIA

Summary/Abstract: Regarding international migration, prevailing trend of the last decades has become an increase of migratory movements from the developing countries to the developed states. The European Union is struggling with the migration crisis since 2014 and strives to identify an effective solution to deal with the issue. Some European leaders find parallels between the inflow of the third-countries migrants from the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa to the European Union with the irregular migration from mostly Asian countries to Australia. Thus, the main goal of this paper is to answer the question: Can the Australian migration and refugee policy become a blueprint for the European Union? The article is structured as follows: First, the European migration crisis is analysed, as well as the currently applied legal measures and policies to tackle the crisis. In the second chapter, the Australian migration policy is presented. Finally, the article confronts similarities and differences of both actors, including their geopolitics; numbers of irregular migrants; legislation of the European Union and the one of Australia; as well as their obligations according to the international law. Comparison of the listed aspects allows us to sum up suitability of the Australian model for the European Union.

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