Boat refugees in the mediterranean : tackle the root causes or build fortress europe? / Julian Traublinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Traublinger, Julian, author.

Series:

Compact.

Compact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Government policy--Mediterranean Region.

Refugees.

Maritime law--Mediterranean Sea.

Maritime law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'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 ad

Contents:

Boat Refugees in the Mediterranean; Abstract; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Research Question; Hypothesis; Introduction; Boat People - Policies of Italy and the EU; 1. Push and Pull Factors; 1.1 Problems in the Countries of Origin; 1.2 Europe's Attraction; 2. Attack at the Fortress Europe"; 2.1 Drama at the Fence: Ceuta and Melilla 2005; 2.2 Lampedusa; 3. The Policy of Italy; 3.1 The Legislature; 3.2 In Practice: Calculated Chaos?; 4. The EU Policy; 4.1 Adjustment of the EU Migration Laws; 4.2 The Frontex Agency; 4.3 The case of Libya: Criminal Collaboration with the EU and Italy

4.4 Development Cooperation: Blackmailing or the Solution? What Next?; Sources; Appendix; About the author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 19, 2014).

ISBN:

3-95489-598-6

OCLC:

871779932