Structural issues in EU migration

Causes

Creation of the Schengen Area

Consequences

Xenophobia

Dilemma between wanting to protect borders and helping migrants

Some countries just flat out refusing to welcome migrants

Huge migrant camps created

Human rights violation

Belarus case

Frontex abuse of immigrants

Anti-migration

Migrants seen as foreign and incapable of adapting

Idea to make migrants apply for asylum before they get let into the EU

Geneva Convention

Lack of difference between refugees
and economic migrants

Very difficult to determine -> easy
for countries to find loopholes

Migration shopping

Dublin III Convention

Article 13

Structural issues within the EU

Lack of accountability for member states

Hungary, Poland, etc.

Lack of solidarity towards member states
that are receiving all the migrants

Greece, Spain

Deference to regional level was seen as short-term methodology that would not be relevant in the future

Eu Asylum Acquis

Regional process that applied to all member states

re-installation of borders goes against the acquis itself

Loss of core EU structural values

Policy alternatives

Shorten the asylum request process

Change Article 13 of Dublin III to allocate an equal member of migrants to all member states

Central European understanding on which countries refugees may come from

Make sure countries are held accountable for welcoming refugees

Change the narrative about the role of refugees in Europe in the media

Asylum seeking outside of the EU

Anneke

Clemence

Julia

Anneke

Julia