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Blog, Migration Governance
South America’s moves to liberalize irregular migration are in stark contrast to the punitive and fatal policies of the US and Europe
Political scientists have long identified a paradox in the immigration policies of wealthy Western countries. Although governments typically condemn irregular migration, assuring their electorates that they are working hard to stem any ‘illegal flows’,...
The EU’s planned anti-smuggling military operation in Libya stands on fragile ground, both legally and politically. EU politicians, inspired by the UN Security Council’s 2008 anti-piracy resolution and the EU’s Operation ATALANTA, speak optimistically.
However, as I argue in a recent post ‘The Legal and Political Feasibility of the EU’s Planned ‘War on Smuggling’ in Libya’ published on the Blog of European Journal of International Law, strong factors resulting from the Security Council’s self-imposed restraint on authorising the use of force against a criminal phenomenon weigh against the adoption of an anti-smuggling resolution.
Sergo Mananashvili, Research Associate at the MPC.
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