Causes and Consequences of the Current Migration Crisis in Europe and its Security
Causes and Consequences of the Current Migration Crisis in Europe and its Security

Summary/Abstract: Migration movements have been occurring during the entire history of mankind, while the main reason for abandoning national country or ethnic community was quest for better life and/or rescue from persecutions and violent conflicts. Unlike legal migration, that takes place according to the laws of the migrants’ country of origin and destination country, there is illegal migration that reflects special circumstances and that is defined as each movement of the population from one country to another that does not take place under the laws of those countries, including illegal stay of foreigners in a given country. Recently, European countries and, in particular, the Member States of the European Union and the Western Balkan States (states in transition), are facing migrant and refugee crisis, caused by uncontrollable and outrageous volume of migrants’ arrival. The causes of the current migrant crisis in Europe are different, but also very similar to previous: escape from the war suffering, extremism and terrorism, the search for better life, abandonment of failed and non-functional governments, etc. The major migration flows from The Near, the Middle East and Africa are directed towards highly developed countries and areas, whereby the Member States of the European Union are the most desirable, and most easily attainable destination. Mass illegal migration to Europe after 2014, regardless of the security measures taken and introduced legal restrictions, have heavily threatened border control and surveillance and border security, while migrant crisis in some EU Member States have adversely affected interior security, thus political and economic situation of those countries. Obviously, the institutions of the European Union have failed to recognize security risks of uncontrolled migration, while partial boost in border control on the eastern border of the Union has not reached the expected outcomes.

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