The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows

EU data protection Law allows the transfer of personal data to third countries and international organisations only when the European protection standards are met. This condition demands for the externalisation of the EU legal framework to ensure the flow of information in all sectors. Morocco has b...

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Main Author: Francesca Tassinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Cádiz 2021-08-01
Series:Paix et Sécurité Internationales
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Online Access:https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/paetsei/article/view/8155
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description EU data protection Law allows the transfer of personal data to third countries and international organisations only when the European protection standards are met. This condition demands for the externalisation of the EU legal framework to ensure the flow of information in all sectors. Morocco has been moving towards the EU data protection principles for trade purposes, tough it has not reached an equivalent level of protection as required by Article 44 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As a result, the exchange of personal data from the EU to Morocco is based on less guarantors means as far as the individuals’ fundamental rights are concerned. Concretely, the operational activity conducted by the European Border and Coast Guard to return irregular migrants is founded on the derogative clause of «important reasons of public interest». This article maintains that the approximation of Moroccan law to the continental one is an indispensable means to fairly manage migration flows. For this purpose, the EU not only promotes high data protection standards, but it also outsources its IT model enclosed in the Interoperability Regulations, n. 817 and 818 of 2019.
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spelling doaj.art-3163dd09c8db4247b861558f83effb8a2022-12-22T02:37:13ZengUniversidad de CádizPaix et Sécurité Internationales2341-08682021-08-01912410.25267/Paix_secur_int.2021.i9.1704The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration FlowsFrancesca Tassinari0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-7130University of Granada (Spain)EU data protection Law allows the transfer of personal data to third countries and international organisations only when the European protection standards are met. This condition demands for the externalisation of the EU legal framework to ensure the flow of information in all sectors. Morocco has been moving towards the EU data protection principles for trade purposes, tough it has not reached an equivalent level of protection as required by Article 44 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As a result, the exchange of personal data from the EU to Morocco is based on less guarantors means as far as the individuals’ fundamental rights are concerned. Concretely, the operational activity conducted by the European Border and Coast Guard to return irregular migrants is founded on the derogative clause of «important reasons of public interest». This article maintains that the approximation of Moroccan law to the continental one is an indispensable means to fairly manage migration flows. For this purpose, the EU not only promotes high data protection standards, but it also outsources its IT model enclosed in the Interoperability Regulations, n. 817 and 818 of 2019.https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/paetsei/article/view/8155international data transfergeneral data protection regulation (gdpr)moroccomigrants managementinteroperability of afsj large-scale it systems
spellingShingle Francesca Tassinari
The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows
Paix et Sécurité Internationales
international data transfer
general data protection regulation (gdpr)
morocco
migrants management
interoperability of afsj large-scale it systems
title The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows
title_full The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows
title_fullStr The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows
title_full_unstemmed The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows
title_short The Externalization of Europe’s Data Protection Law in Morocco: an Imperative Means for the Management of Migration Flows
title_sort externalization of europe s data protection law in morocco an imperative means for the management of migration flows
topic international data transfer
general data protection regulation (gdpr)
morocco
migrants management
interoperability of afsj large-scale it systems
url https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/paetsei/article/view/8155
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