MIGRATION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE MIGRATION CRISIS HAVE AN IMPACT ON EU SECURITY THREATS?
MIGRATION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE MIGRATION CRISIS HAVE AN IMPACT ON EU SECURITY THREATS?

Summary/Abstract: Consequences of migration flows have put international migration at the top of international, regional and national security agenda. Migration flows are not a new phenomenon in Europe however characteristics of the current European Migration Crisis lay firm ground for a unprecedented crisis. Migration divided Europe along geographical and cultural lines. Even thought the Migration Crisis does not directly impact the five EU security threats, the mismanagement of the phenomenon and disagreement over the strategies of resolution resulted into a self-induced humanitarian crisis that as a consequence poses threat to European Union Security. In order to eliminate possible threats posed by the Migration Crisis, European Union will have to look towards the source of migration flows. Failing to resolve the problem at source could pose a greater threat to global security and imminently to the security of the European Union and its periphery. Therefore migrations impact international, regional and national environments, however they represent an indirect threat to security only if the process is not handled through adequate strategies.

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