LAMPEDUSA TRAGEDY FROM OCTOBER 2013 AND THEEUROPEAN UNION RESPONSE: MORE ACCESSIBLE ORMORE RESTRICTIVE MIGRATION POLICIES?

摘要

THE MEDITERRANEAN CRISES CAUSED BY MASSIVE IMMIGRATION IS ONE OF THEBIGGEST CHALLENGES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THOUSANDS OFPEOPLE ARE DYING IN THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN REGION EVERY YEAR. THIS RESEARCH AIMSTO EMPHASIZE THE AMPLITUDE OF THE PROBLEM BY ANALYZING THE LAMPEDUSA TRAGEDYFROM 3RD OF OCTOBER 2013 AND THE EUROPEAN UNION’S RESPONSE. THE RESULTS OF THISPAPER SHOW THAT IT IS MANDATORY FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION TO ELABORATE A COMMONPOLICY FOR MIGRATION AND ASYLUM AND TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF PROPORTIONALDISTRIBUTION OF MIGRANTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MEMBER STATES.