Publication
2016
This brief argues that the EU’s responses to the refugee crisis have been hampered by three major impediments – 1) disunity within the Union, which stems from the polarization of national interests; 2) the policy gap that exists between protecting the rights of asylum-seekers and fighting human smuggling networks; and 3) limitations in the legal definitions and criteria that are being used to determine a person’s refugee status.
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Author | Timothy G Hammond |
Series | IEMed-EuroMeSCo Papers |
Publisher | European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) |
Copyright | © 2016 IEMed |