by Antonella Masiello
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A sequence of tragic events that took place on the Mediterranean coasts of Europe - by the Italian island Lampedusa, the Aegean Sea and the Spanish Ceuta coast -placed the Mediterranean migration between the priorities of the EU policy. The governing board of the EU underlined that migration policies should be based on principles like prevention, protection and solidarity but despite that they seem to be not efficient in the reality.
The task-force for the Mediterranean Sea founded in October 2013 proposed 38 ways to avoid new losses of human lives. For this reason the EU should launch an enlarged debate about the different foreign policies of the Union addressing Migration and try to understand if they are really linked with the principles of security, cooperation, development and international protection instead of basing them on a neighborhood policy that doesn’t want to face this problem.
As Martin Schulz said, it should be a long-term debate, but the main problem in this situation it’s the fact that foreign policies about migration are fragmented between the community aspect and the national aspect, it’s saying in their internal and external dimension.
The AGMM, the Mare Nostrum operation, Eurosur or Frontex seemed to be some ways to face migration, but we can’t affirm that they served to stem the problem. The unique consequence to the irregular migration appears to be the increasing militarization of the states and the maritime security. States become more hermetic and the strengthening of security by arms turns into the best way to solve this situation while the main problem is represented by the fact that many times there is a lack of will in acting when a boat is detected. The European Parliament plays an important role in this debate that could bring to a reinforced cooperation as regards the control of regular migration and as a more effective fight against the irregular migration.
The task-force for the Mediterranean Sea founded in October 2013 proposed 38 ways to avoid new losses of human lives. For this reason the EU should launch an enlarged debate about the different foreign policies of the Union addressing Migration and try to understand if they are really linked with the principles of security, cooperation, development and international protection instead of basing them on a neighborhood policy that doesn’t want to face this problem.
As Martin Schulz said, it should be a long-term debate, but the main problem in this situation it’s the fact that foreign policies about migration are fragmented between the community aspect and the national aspect, it’s saying in their internal and external dimension.
The AGMM, the Mare Nostrum operation, Eurosur or Frontex seemed to be some ways to face migration, but we can’t affirm that they served to stem the problem. The unique consequence to the irregular migration appears to be the increasing militarization of the states and the maritime security. States become more hermetic and the strengthening of security by arms turns into the best way to solve this situation while the main problem is represented by the fact that many times there is a lack of will in acting when a boat is detected. The European Parliament plays an important role in this debate that could bring to a reinforced cooperation as regards the control of regular migration and as a more effective fight against the irregular migration.
If it is true that the European Parliament should demand a total respect for human rights, it should consider, at the same time, the Mediterranean migration in a larger context underlining the positive effects that human mobility could bring on the social and economic development.
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