Editorial: Towards a European Refugee Policy

The era of national migration policies in Europe has expired. EU member states should view the refugee crisis as a chance for more and stronger joint and common activities in migration and refugee policies. The EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship has to coordinate his efforts closely with the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and with the Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development. The joint efforts should aim to stop governments that produce refugees and to reward good governance.

The prevention of refugee movements will cost the EU a lot of money – far more than has hitherto been spent. Nevertheless, prevention is still much cheaper for all parties concerned than rolls of barbed wire and refugee camps throughout Europe.

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Intereconomics: Archive http://archive.intereconomics.eu/years/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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