Maritime security challenges in the southwestern flank of the European Union
Maritime security challenges in the southwestern flank of the European Union

Summary/Abstract: Currently, the maritime security of the European Union (EU) is being challenged by emergingthreats in areas adjacent to its south-western border, in particular in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG).In recent years, in addition to incidents of piracy, that region has been affected by illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and irregular migration flows from African states usingthe Atlantic route to reach the Canary Islands.Using a qualitative research strategy and inductive reasoning, this article analyses, on thebasis of a case study, the maritime security challenges that the EU faces on its southwesternflank. The findings demonstrate that if IUU fishing in the GoG is not stopped, there could bean increase in piracy incidents in the region, which will likely result in an increase in irregularmigration flows from Africa to the Canary Isl

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