European Union

Managing Migration Means Potential EU Complicity in Neighboring States’ Abuse of Migrants and Refugees

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• Introduction

• I. Current EU Policy

• The “Internal Dimension”

• “Externalizing” migration and asylum policy

• II. EU Externalization in Practice

• A. Current lack of protection in states bordering the EU

• The case of Ukraine

• The case of Libya

• B.  Impact of EU migration policy toward neighboring states

• Readmission Agreements

• III. Toward Enhanced Protection

• IV. Recommendations

• To EU Member States

• To the Justice and Home Affairs Council

• To the European Commission

• To the European Parliament

• To the External Border Agency

 

October 2006