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Strategia Unii Europejskiej wobec kryzysu migracyjnego: priorytety, bariery, efekty
EU strategy to tackle the migration crisis – priorities, barriers and outcomes

Author(s): Jolanta Szymańska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Economy, Civil Society
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: migration crisis; refugees; Schengen area; external borders of the European Union;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the EU response to the migration crisis and the state of play of its implementation. In the first section the author focuses on the first phase of the crisis and describes the EU emergency response to migration flows in 2011 soon after the beginning of the Arab Spring. The next sections examine the key priorities of European Agenda on Migration 2015 and the progress achieved in its implementation so far. The author highlights that the evolution of crisis response after 2015 resembles solutions implemented after the first wave of crisis in 2011, concluding that the EU is still very far from finding a recipe for dealing with future migration challenges. The author also outlines rising divisions between member states on migration strategy, and argues that they may lead to the introduction of a multispeed approach in migration policy.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 159-186
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Polish