A New Migration Crisis May Be Brewing

Summary:

The EU has no choice but to manage migration together with third countries, including with difficult partners – unless member-states are willing to engage in massive pushbacks of migrants or to accept large numbers of irregular arrivals, risking Schengen’s collapse. This means the EU will have to offer its partners more financial help as well as practical assistance and greater avenues for legal migration, in return for their co-operation. But co-operation won’t always be possible and EU leaders should be ready to stand up to coercion by countries that will not hesitate to exploit desperate migrants, like Belarus. If they don’t, they may soon find a new migration crisis brewing.

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ESO Records

European Commission: COM (2020) 609: Communication on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum https://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-on-a-new-pact-on-migration-and-asylum/

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