The EU Migration Crisis and the Baltic Security

The article provides a theoretically informed commentary on the ongoing migration crisis in Europe, and discusses its causes and the currently proposed solutions to it. Irregular migration to Europe is likely to remain on the agenda of the European Union for decades to come and, in order to avoid re...

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Main Author: Bagdonas Ąžuolas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Baltic Defence College 2015-12-01
Series:Journal on Baltic Security
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0019
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description The article provides a theoretically informed commentary on the ongoing migration crisis in Europe, and discusses its causes and the currently proposed solutions to it. Irregular migration to Europe is likely to remain on the agenda of the European Union for decades to come and, in order to avoid repetitive crises, further integration is needed in the European asylum system. The article suggests that the greatest threat to the security of the Baltic States comes not from irregular migration itself, but from the policy decisions that would fail to address the EU crisis caused by it.
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spelling doaj.art-e74f4b3e48f849a69f8247d4986db0382022-12-22T02:08:20ZengBaltic Defence CollegeJournal on Baltic Security2382-92302015-12-011272710.1515/jobs-2016-0019jobs-2016-0019The EU Migration Crisis and the Baltic SecurityBagdonas Ąžuolas0Fatih University, Istanbul, TurkeyThe article provides a theoretically informed commentary on the ongoing migration crisis in Europe, and discusses its causes and the currently proposed solutions to it. Irregular migration to Europe is likely to remain on the agenda of the European Union for decades to come and, in order to avoid repetitive crises, further integration is needed in the European asylum system. The article suggests that the greatest threat to the security of the Baltic States comes not from irregular migration itself, but from the policy decisions that would fail to address the EU crisis caused by it.https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0019
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