EMERGING RISKS AND THREATS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE AFRICAN IMMIGRATION TO EUROPE

THE ONGOING CIVIL WAR IN LIBYA RESULTED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS TARGETING EUROPE, ESPECIALLY ITALY, THE ROUTE BETWEEN LIBYAN SHORES AND SOUTHERN ITALY BEING A VERY USED ONE IN THE PAST DECADES. MANY THOUSANDS OF OTHERS H AVE RISKED THEIR LIVES THIS YEAR, FLEEING CONFLICT AND INSTABILITY IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, IN SMALL, OFTEN DECREPIT VESSELS IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH EUROPEAN TERRITORIES. BUT ALL THIS EFFORTS FOR A BETTER AND SECURE LIFE MEANS NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE R ECEIVERS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MANAGING A MASSIVE NUMBERS OF FOREIGNERS IMPLIES SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AND A LONG -TERM PROCESS. ALSO, INTEGRATING THE IMMIGRANTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND AVOIDING ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND SO ON IS A DIFFICULT TO REACH ACHIEVEMENT. THIS PAPER ANALYZES THE FURTHER SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MASSIVE AFRICAN IMMIGRATION TO EUROPE FROM THE PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE LIBYAN CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH.

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