[PDF] Tackling Massive And Damaging Migrations In The Mediterranean eBook

Author : Francisco J. Girao
Publisher : SegDef- Seguridad y Defensa
Page : pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
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Category : Law
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African migration to Europe will have in 2050 enough strength to double its negative effects for both continents. In that year, UN forecasts Africa to lead global population growth, doubling its current inhabitants, from 1,200 million to 2,400 million people. Models predict that this spectacular upward trend will also continue in the second half of the 21st century. Massive and uncontrolled migratory phenomena damage both shores of the Mediterranean Sea and only mafias making business with human dreams and hopes get to benefit of it. That is the reason for the term ‘damaging’ in our title: in its present form, the tens of thousands of displacements (materialized in almost 140.000 illegal EU exterior border and Schengen area crossings according to Frontex) and the hundreds of deaths they sadly trigger (IOM) , are obviously not freely desired by anyone but for those who make profit of them. What can we do, as civilizations, to order that disorder, to give hope and opportunities to our future? An interdisciplinary civil-military team was gathered by the four main official centres of military studies from SPA, FRA, ITA and POR to analyze the facts and produce solutions. A Brigadier General from the Italian Guardia di Finanza, a French Colonel, two Captains(N) from Spain and Italy, a Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel and two Spanish experts in security and geopolitics, try to give an answer to a problem that can compromise African-European future: How to cope with African migrations in the Mediterranean basin? Spoiler: an intercontinental joint venture may be the key

Author : Elena Ambrosetti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 131724558X

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Migration in the Mediterranean region is a widely debated and much studied topic. This is due to the present refugee crisis, consequences of Arab revolutions, the proximity with emigration and transit countries, but also to the involvement of southern European countries and the mass arrival of migrants. The management of Border controls, migration, development, human trafficking, human rights and the clash or convergence of civilizations has generated a great deal of controversy and media attention. Migration in the Mediterranean offers a unique multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological framework, bringing together scholars from different subject areas. This book aims to address the following research questions: What are the main characteristics of migration movements in this region? What are the most important theoretical challenges? What are the perspectives for the future? This book begins with an overview of the economic perspective of the Mediterranean migration model, with a particular focus on labour market outcomes of migrants. It then presents the original results of field studies on the unintended effects of the EU's external border controls on migration and integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region, before addressing the themes of mobility, migration and transnationalism. This volume focuses on migration with a multidisciplinary approach, with scholars from various areas including sociology, economics, geography, political science and history. This book is well suited for those who study international economics, migration and political sociology.

Author : Laure-Anne Bernes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 36,28 MB
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351233580

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The upheavals of the Arab Spring grabbed the world’s immediate attention, and concern quickly grew over their potential aftermath, with the fear that a ‘tidal wave’ of immigrants and refugees would ‘flood’ European territory. The Arab Spring has highlighted the Mediterranean as a migration region, and new research is now required to bring to light too often neglected mobility patterns and border practices that predate and outlast the tumultuous spring of 2011. The edited volume Space, Mobility and Borders in the Western Mediterranean tackles these contemporary issues related to migration in the Mediterranean region. It brings together high-quality, original academic contributions from both empirical and theoretical points of view by scholars from diverse disciplines, who draw upon Anglophone, Francophone, Spanish and Italian research. It reexamines borders in the light of a now full-blown body of literature that seeks to capture the complexity of their contemporary features beyond their most direct visual enactments, in particular the sweeping deployment of policing devices and operations along the North/South fault line. Another distinctive binding thread in this book is that it emphasizes migrants as active subjects interacting with local events, national policies and the bordering process. Offering an examination of the intricate interplay among the events of the Arab Spring, migration’s multiple types and actors, and the evolving relationship between migration control and borders in the region, this book is an essential resource for students and scholars of migration studies, European Union Studies and Mediterranean Studies.

Author : Mendo Castro Henriques
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1586036181

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The post-Cold War period made a new concept of security imperative: it encompasses environmental, social, economical, political and military issues. Migration as a civilizational phenomenon, albeit transitional, goes across this entire spectrum, particularly in a varied historical milieu as the Euro Mediterranean region is. In turn, reforms and changes need to be carried out by South Mediterranean states and societies, in order to eliminate some of the obstacles to modernization, creating conditions for economic development at home with the help of North Mediterranean countries. Another package of reforms in European countries should empower migrants to adopt a more active citizenship and become more integrated in the societies where they choose to live. For Khachani, one of the editors of the book, a demystification of the question of migratory risk is in order to foster an improved dialogue between south Europe countries and North Africa countries. Sending countries are affected by political crises, socio-economic instability, and illegal migration from North Africa; receiving countries practice discrimination in labour market and social space.

Author : Julian Traublinger
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3954895986

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'It is not immigration, which causes problems - it is how it is dealt with politically. It is also not Europe, which is getting attacked - however, the walls of a fortress, are being built at the moment.' Corinna Milborn, 'Gestürmte Festung Europa...' In this study about the boat people in the Mediterranean the emphasis lies on Italy and on the EU policy on refugees in the Mediterranean in cooperation with African states. Regarding the EU policy it deals particularly with the border security agency Frontex that has access to a rapidly growing budget coming from the EU funds. The advocates of the EU politics like to stress that their policies are in the best interest of the migrants themselves, their native countries and their destination countries, which means that a 'triple win situation' can be produced. However, refugee aid and other human rights organizations criticize harshly that refugees are criminalized and that their legitimate right are not guaranteed. The author depicts state networks on illegal migration and follows the question whether the EU has the wish to grant the refugees their rights.

Author : Mattia Toaldo
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 2015
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This paper investigates the dynamics of migration through and from Libya, focusing on the economics and politics of illegal trafficking. It discusses EU and member state policies for tackling and reducing Mediterranean migration through Libya and argues that the externalisation of push-backs is neither desirable nor realistic. Finally, the paper offers policy recommendations that propose an overhaul of the current system with the aim of building partnerships with local actors and multilateral institutions while also creating legal corridors for migration into Europe.

Author : Francesca Ippolito
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 1786432250

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This timely book assesses national and supranational bilateral approaches to dealing with the rising tide of migration into the European Union via the Mediterranean Sea. International law and EU migration law specialists critically assess the legal tools adopted to engage with the ‘refugee crisis’. While the EU works to develop a unified approach to Mediterranean transit and origin countries, the authors argue that a crucial role should be accorded to individual states in finding a solution to this complex and sensitive situation.

Author : Ċetta Mainwaring
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198842511

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This book examines clandestine migrant journeys across the Mediterranean Sea and into Europe. It combines ethnographic focus with macro-level analyses of EU and national migration policies and practices. It draws on the case study of Malta, and pushes the boundaries of our knowledge of the global politics of migration, asylum, and border security.

Author : Salvatore Capasso
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 25,92 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351365959

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This book focuses on issues that are relevant for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. The depth and the extension of the current political crisis in the area have changed the perspectives of conventional Euro-Mediterranean integration policies. The book provides the grounds for new patterns of analysis and addresses policy guidelines which are able to respond to the dramatic challenges that Mediterranean regions are facing. By implementing a multidisciplinary approach, the volume uncovers the structural determinants of migrations in the area: territorial and social imbalances, climate change, unemployment, weak institutions, poor governance, lack of efficient redistributive policies. Each chapter proposes innovative and rich analyses of the socio-economic conditions of all Mediterranean countries. The prevailing evidence suggests that while the North-South imbalances still persist inside the basin, the recent world economic and financial crises have deepened social, intergenerational and gender inequalities. These inequalities cross all territories both nationally and internationally and affect the living conditions of large segments of population in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. To bridge these gaps it is necessary to strengthen territorial cohesion, reduce income differentials, and improve the access of marginal areas to basic infrastructure. These long term goals can be achieved through an inclusive development model for which young people and women can enjoy the same opportunities of education and work. Offering innovative and practical guidelines for future programs and policies, this book is essential reading for policy makers, researchers at policy think tanks as well as academics and post graduate students of Mediterranean studies and Economic Policy. The general policy recipes, provided to govern migration flows, make useful reading for national and international research centres and major governmental agencies interested in migration issues.