Asylum and irregular immigration in the EU: state of play

Recent events in the Mediterranean have seen many migrants dying off the shores of Italy, Malta and Spain. Many voices call for a more coherent approach to asylum and irregular immigration in the EU to achieve a balance between the legitimate interests of people seeking security and/or better living conditions, and the need to keep national infrastructure from being overwhelmed, as well as to ensure citizens’ trust in an area of free movement without internal borders.

ESO: Background information: Irregular immigration in the EU: Some national perspectives on arrival of immigrants http://www.europeansources.info/record/irregular-immigration-in-the-eu-some-national-perspectives-on-arrival-of-immigrants/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: EU's external migration policy: a bolder approach http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eus-external-migration-policy-a-bolder-approach/

ESO: Background information: Report From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic And Social Committee And The Committee Of The Regions Report on the implementation of the Global Approach to Migration and Mobility 2012-2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-and-the-committee-of-the-regions-report-on-the-implementation-of-the-global-approach-to/

ESO: Background information: EU countries must share responsibility for refugees, Sweden insists http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-countries-must-share-responsibility-for-refugees-sweden-insists/

ESO: Background information: EU Funds for asylum, migration and borders http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-funds-for-asylum-migration-and-borders/

ESO: Background information: Website: EU Immigration Portal. Moving to the European Union? http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-eu-immigration-portal-moving-to-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Website: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-agency-for-the-management-of-operational-cooperation-at-the-external-borders-of-the-member-states-of-the-european-union-frontex-european-border-and-coast-guard-agency-ebcga/

ESO: Background information: Website: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-asylum-support-office-easo/

Deutsche Welle, 30.04.14: Spain's African enclaves struggle to control migration http://dw.de/p/1BqqX

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