Irregular migration and terrorism in the European Union
Irregular migration and terrorism in the European Union

Summary/Abstract: According to our researches, the relationship between illegal migration and the terrorism shall be emphasized. Terrorist offences proved the vulnerability of the European States, and constitute one of the most serious violations of the human rights and fundamental freedoms on which the EU is founded. In 2014, 276.113 migrants entered the European Union irregularly, which represents an increase of 138% compared to the same period in 2013, and the mentioned data increased in the past year as well. From 2015 to nowadays the European Union experienced a massive number of casualties caused by terrorist attacks. There is no evidence to declare that all of migrants are terrorist, however, the terrorists make use of migratory flows to enter into EU. According to our oppinion, the mentioned fact is reinforced by the European statistics as well. It shall be emphasized that the phenomenon of the illegal migration is favourable to the terrorist organizations. The paper deals with mentioned connection between the irregular migration and the terrorism in the European Union, using European statistics of the European Law Enforcement Agency (EUROPOL) and criminal-political viewpoints. Dealing with legal documents and analyzing them are not aim of this paper.

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