The European Union Centre of Excellence at Dalhousie University, in conjunction with the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies and the Department of Political Science, presents the following talk:
Title: Rush to the Border: Internal and External Stresses from Migration on the European Union
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Time: 12.30 – 2.00pm
Location: Mona Campbell 3107 – Coburg Board Room, 1459 LeMarchant Street, Dalhousie University
Speakers: Michelle Legassicke & Andrew Bergel, PhD students in the Department of Political Science
This presentation examines current European Union (EU) migratory policy as it is challenged by both internal and external stressors. Legassicke and Bergel seek to explain the clear disjunction between EU policy and the growing reality of migration. The vulnerable developing states on the EU periphery are destabilized and eventually failed states that now exist as both primary origin sources and transit routes for irregular migrants attempting to gain entry into the European Union. The focus in this talk will be on the trans-Mediterranean maritime routes, current EU policy, classifications and duty under international law for migrants, and possible future trends of migration into the EU.