FREEDOM VS. SECURITY IN EUROPE- THE PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION

THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED IN THIS ARTICLE IS MEANT TO RAISE THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL MIGRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DIVERGENCE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SECURITY. EU CITIZENS HAVE BEEN FEELING LESS SECURE SINCE THE START OF THE MIGRANT CRISIS IN 2011. THE MAIN CAUSE OF THIS PHENOMENON IS THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE, WAR AND STARVATION THAT PUSHES PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO VENTURE THROUGH THREE DANGEROUS ROUTES TO COME TO EUROPE SEEKING ASYLUM. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE EU IS FORCED TO FACE BOTH A MORAL AND A PRAGMATIC PROBLEM WHETHER TO TAKE ACTION STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY APPARATUS AT THE COST OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM OR WHETHER TO KEEP THINGS AS THEY ARE AT THE COST OF A POTENTIAL ESCALATION OF TERRORISM. IN THIS SENSE WE HAVE ANALYZED THE BENEFITS AND RISK S OF THE POSSIBLE MEASURES THAT EUROPE COULD UNDERTAKE.

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