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Two ways for the EU to address its mixed migration conundrum: first, enlarge the scope of the 1951 refugee convention, attuning it more closely to contemporary realities of forced migration. Also, harmonise and codify the wide variety of existing scattered arrangements for temporary humanitarian protection. Second, recognise the interconnectedness between different types/channels of migration and follow a comprehensive approach. The EU should embrace a new model of partnership with origin countries aimed at ensuring orderly and safe migration/asylum-seeking, based on enduring mutual interest. In the EU, the structural hiatus between its member states’ collective commitment at the Community level and their zealous adherence to national sovereignty explains its wavering decisions and the waning public confidence in the EU’s refugee policy. [Human displacements should be fully factored into advanced strategic planning of all lawful military interventions].
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See, for example, Bimal Ghosh, Huddled Masses and Uncertain Shores: Insights into Irregular Migration, 1998, pp. 34/35.
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“Brussels plans new force to police external borders ”, Financial Times , 11 December 2015.
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By that date only 24,647 refugees had been relocated from Italy and Greece , a fraction of the 98,255 legally envisaged under the EU Council decisions (and 47,905 formally pledged), leaving a gap of some 73,608.
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Pew Research Center , “European opinions of the refugee crisis in 5 charts”, 16 September 2016 . http:www.pewglobal.org/2016/06/07euroskepticism-beyond-brexit.
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Ghosh, B. (2018). The Way Forward. In: Refugee and Mixed Migration Flows. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75274-7_5
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