Migration Tsunami from the South: EU Communitarian Policy and National Egoism

... may apply for asylum in the first EU country that he/she has arrived into. Ninety percent of refugees do so in Italy, Spain and Greece, although most of them will not stay there but would rather travel to more affluent Northern Europe. In fact, the European Union has neither streamlined its communitarian immigration policy nor its refugee accommodation system. While Germany and Sweden can boast of properly organized migration schemes [2] , some other EU members have nothing worth this title. Although the European Union structures have adopted myriads ...