Research Articles Supplement 1 · 2017 · pp. 16–21 · Issue page

IS THE EUROPEAN AGENDA FOR MIGRATION A THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE EU'S EXTERNAL BORDERS

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1 Ph.D Student, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 September 2017
THE PROTECTION BY MEMBER STATES OF PEOPLE WHO, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SEEK LEGAL MEANS TO MIGRATE TO THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER STATE, WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE EU'S PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF SECURING AND GUARANTEEING ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, NAMELY THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS. THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION A GENDA OF 2015 COMBINES INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLICIES SO THAT EU INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETY, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO MIGRANTS IN ORDER NOT TO FACE OBSTACLES, AND THEIR INTEGRATION TO BE, INTO NEW COMMUNITIES, MUCH EASI ER. BUT WITH THIS FREEDOM, EU COUNTRIES ALSO FACED PHENOMENA THEY DID NOT EXPECT, SUCH AS THE EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANTS BY CRIMINAL NETWORKS, TRAFFICKING IN WEAPONS OR BANNED SUBSTANCES, AND TERRORISM. THE SECURITY OF THE EU'S EXTERNAL BORDERS BEING THUS TH REATENED HAS PROMPTED OPERATIONAL COOPERATION AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE FOR AGENCIES SUCH AS EUROPOL, FRONTEX AND EUROJUST. THIS ARTICLE, WITHOUT PROPOSING TO TREAT THE PROPOSED SUBJECT IN ITS ENTIRETY, SEEKS TO IDENTIFY THE MOST RELEVANT AND CURRENT ISSU ES IN THE FIELD OF MIGRATION AS A POLICY OF EU IN RELATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS ASSUMED BY THE EU BY SIGNING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WITHOUT, HOWEVER, ENDANGERING THE SECURITY OF CITIZENS AND MEMBER STATES.
SECURITY IMMIGRATION F LOWS THE EUROPEAN AGENDA ON MIGRATION
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