Date: 2013
Type: Technical Report
Migrants smuggled by sea to the EU : facts, laws and policy options
Technical Report, Migration Policy Centre, MPC Research Report, 2013/09
DE BRUYCKER, Philippe, DI BARTOLOMEO, Anna, FARGUES, Philippe, Migrants smuggled by sea to the EU : facts, laws and policy options, Migration Policy Centre, MPC Research Report, 2013/09 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/29459
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On 3 October 2013, 366 migrants drowned when their boat sank less than a mile off the shore of the Italian island of Lampedusa. A number of questions must be addressed in finding the best policy response to this tragedy. Was it the sign of a new trend in irregular migration to the EU; or was it a sign of increased risks associated with smuggling? Do smuggled migrants resemble regular asylum seekers and migrants or do they represent a specific group? In other words do the Lampedusa events call for a drastic revision of EU asylum and migration policy or an ad hoc response?
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Series/Number: Migration Policy Centre; MPC Research Report; 2013/09
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