WP24: European Border Security after the Arab Spring

At a recent conference in Brussels organised by the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, EU Commissioners, MEPs, Member States’ Border Agencies, private security companies, NGOs, political activists, and academics discussed one of the most pressing public policy issues facing Europe today: migration.

The conference preempted the publication of the EU Commission’s renewed ‘Global Approach to Migration and Mobility’ (GAMM), released on 18 November 2011, which begins: “[…] migration is now firmly at the top of the European Union’s political agenda. The Arab spring and events in the southern Mediterranean in 2011 further highlight the need for a coherent and comprehensive migration policy for the EU” (EU Commission, 2011: 2).

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