FREEDOM VS. SECURITY IN EUROPE: THE 
PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION Cover Image

FREEDOM VS. SECURITY IN EUROPE: THE PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION
FREEDOM VS. SECURITY IN EUROPE: THE PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION

Author(s): GABRIELA Luca
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Research and Science Today
Keywords: SECURITY; FREEDOM; ILLEGAL MIGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; TERRORISM

Summary/Abstract: THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED IN THIS ARTICLE IS MEANT TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF ILLEGALMIGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DIVERGENCE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SECURITY.EU CITIZENS HAVE BEEN FEELING LESS SECURE SINCE THE START OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS IN2011. THE MAIN CAUSE OF THIS PHENOMENON IS THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE, WAR ANDSTARVATION THAT PUSHES PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO VENTURE THROUGH THREEDANGEROUS ROUTES TO COME TO EUROPE SEEKING ASYLUM. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE EU ISFORCED TO FACE BOTH A MORAL AND A PRAGMATIC PROBLEM WHETHER TO TAKE ACTIONSTRENGTHENING THE SECURITY APPARATUS AT THE COST OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM ORWHETHER TO KEEP THINGS AS THEY ARE AT THE COST OF A POTENTIAL ESCALATION OFTERRORISM. IN THIS SENSE WE HAVE ANALYZED THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF THE POSSIBLEMEASURES THAT EUROPE COULD UNDERTAKE.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 36-40
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English