Barbulescu, R (2017) Still a Beacon of Human Rights? Considerations on the EU Response to the Refugee Crisis in the Mediterranean. Mediterranean Politics, 22 (2). pp. 301-308. ISSN 1362-9395
Abstract
The European Union is a political union of democracies which protects human rights and presents itself as a beacon of human rights on the global scene. This Profile reviews the measures the EU has introduced in response to the crisis and highlights the problems they pose from a human rights perspective. Overall, a set of five measures were adopted: (1) improving search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean and the Aegean in order to prevent loss of human lives at sea; (2) initiating military intervention to tackle networks of smugglers; (3) introducing resettlement and relocation quotas to alleviate pressure on the EU member states which serve as entry points (Italy, Greece and Hungary) and from the countries neighbouring Syria (primarily Turkey); (4) creating a common list of safe countries to facilitate and speed up the return of failed asylum seekers and undocumented migrants; and finally (5) strengthening cooperation with countries of origin and transit to readmit migrants and to tighten border controls. Whether the EU will be able to respond to the unfolding crisis by providing international protection to those in need while simultaneously securing its external borders will be a yardstick by which to judge its human rights commitment.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Mediterranean Politics on 13 June 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13629395.2016.1194546. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2016 09:57 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2018 13:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13629395.2016.1194546 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:109024 |