... (UNHCR)
reported
an 83 percent increase in the number of refugees and migrants who had crossed the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe in the first 6 months of 2015: 137,000 people compared to 75,000 in the same period last year. Plans to combat the migration crisis, adopted by the European Commission, have proved to be less than efficient. Pragmatization of relations with Russia may offer an opportunity for the EU to cope with the refugee problem. Failing this, the crisis-ridden South-East Europe ...
An unexpected, but extremely important result of the immigration crisis in the European Union in the summer and autumn of 2015 was the intensification of the dialogue between Europe and Turkey. The
Meeting of the EU Heads of State or Government
on November 29, 2015 resulted in the European Union promising to reenergize negotiations ...
... the problems of migration in the modern world. At the conference, Russian and international experts discussed the numerous aspects of migration and the impact it has on governments. Particular attention was paid to the ongoing migrant crisis in the European Union.
Leading figures in migration research shared their expert opinions on the subject and the prospects for its development: Mathias Czaika, Senior Research Officer at the International Migration Institute, Oxford University; Marta Jaroszewicz, Senior Fellow at the Centre for ...
... it is a situation diametrically opposite to that opted by Germany. Therefore, here comes again the problem of the multi-speed European Union, and it emerges over the EU’s biggest ever refugee crisis, failing to come up with common policies.
During ... ... Juncker, the number of refugees may not be a problem for the EU, which has the capacity and experience to deal with the current migration crisis. Moreover, he added that the Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon and Jordan are embracing millions of refugees....
... security by funding humanitarian efforts while also discouraging refugees from braving the perilous way to Europe. And yet, this initiative should be seen through for broader reasons, too, as it offers a chance to address one of the root causes of mass migration towards Europe’s shores.
REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Dmitriy Kiku:
The United Nations: New Horizons
for Sustainable Development
According to Eurostat, in 2014 the world had over
14 million refugees
. The root of the refugee problem is conflict....
... and Zagreb are on the brink of a diplomatic scandal having failed to agree on the direction of the migration flow. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is sharply critical of the German Government and says that Europe is unprepared for a new “migration of peoples.” All this is accompanied by the renewed discussion on the future of the Schengen agreement and the European Union.
Amid this turmoil, the situation in France merits particular attention. French political life is traditionally diverse, vibrant and perceptive of external impulses. European events, be it debates on the EU Constitution or another expansion ...
... Europe. Even before the mass influx of migrants, Hungary accepted fewer applications for asylum than any other European country (
9.4 per cent
).
Switzerland
, which granted asylum to 300,000 refugees in 2014, has an acceptance rate of 76.6 per cent.
Migration is a Blow to Central and Eastern European Identity
Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP
More than 1,000 people enter Hungary
from the south every day
The European Union risks cutting itself off even further from the mood and opinions of its citizens, which could pave the way for right-wing and ultra-right-wing political parties to gain a foothold in the future.
The first serious identity crisis for the ...
... summit on migration in April 2015 seems to have taken only the initial steps for adjusting intentions to real life, with more measures to come, because solutions are nonexistent on the institutional, organizational and political levels. As seen from the migration debate, the European Union is split into proponents of the
status quo
and seekers of drastic changes. Although the immigration challenge is an emergency, both Brussels and member states continue to handle the problem in a business-as-usual manner with the help of ...
... refugee status and their resettlement in all EU countries, which has been
opposed adamantly
by a number of countries, including Britain, for they fear the mass entry of extremists into the EU.
1
. There is little doubt that the problem of illegal immigration into the European Union has acquired a new nature. The fire set in the Middle East and North Africa is gradually spreading to the EU. In addition to the growth of illegal immigration flows, the European Union also has to combat extremism’s penetration into ...
... – an inseparable part of the issue of multiculturalism, which is extremely vexed for modern Europe – is becoming an important factor in domestic politics and cannot be ignored by the European establishment.
The events of April 2015 forced the European Union to move farther down the road in terms of creating a common immigration policy. On 23 April 2015 Brussels hosted an extraordinary
EU summit
specially convened to discuss immigration issues. The meeting adopted a package of decisions which, taken together, give a more or less complete picture of where the EU immigration ...
