NATO and The Current Refugee Crisis: Prospects and Challenges
NATO and The Current Refugee Crisis: Prospects and Challenges

Author(s): Adnan Seyaz
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration Series; EU; ILO; immigrants; international organisations; international policy; ITO; migration policy; NATO; refugee crisis; refugee law; refugees; UN; UNHCR;
Summary/Abstract: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a Cold War product as a counterweight to the Soviet Union. Since its establishment in April 1949,NATO has been a collective defense organization against external threats. Following the Second World War, twelve countries1 came together to prevent a third world war and signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington. Promoting stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area and safeguarding the freedom, common heritage, and civilization of the member countries were stated as the mandate of the organization.

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