The European Border and Coast Guard - Addressing migration and asylum challenges in the Mediterranean?

The ‘European humanitarian refugee crisis’, which resulted from the entry of substantial numbers of asylum seekers through eastern Mediterranean routes, 1 has put EU borders and asylum policies, and the commitment to its founding principles, into the spotlight. The EU Dublin asylum system , 2 which sets common criteria for determining m ember states ’ responsibility for assessing asylum applications , was devised as a complement to the internal border - free Schengen area almost 30 years ago . At the time it seemed natural to assign the respons

Source: CEPS