Refugees Crisis in European Union

Title: Refugees crisis in European Union

Research question: What mutual effective legal ways of protecting interest of both EU citizens and refugees in the migration to Europe?

Outline

1. Introduction………………………………………………………………….….....3

2. Statement of facts………………………………………………………………...3-4

3. Literature review………………………………………………………………….4-6

• Opening paragraph

1. summary of  laws
2. application of the law to the facts you presented in Statement of facts
3. Answer to the research question based on the law

4. The law applicable for the issue…………………………………………………….6

5. The legal case dealing with a similar issue…………………………………………...6-8

• Facts
• Issue
• Decision
• Reason
• Summary
• Relation to the statements of facts

6. Review of the information about the research issue from the secondary sources…8-11

•        Sub-topic/sub-question 1

•        Sub-topic/sub-question 2

• Sub-topic/sub-question 3
• Sub-topic/sub-question 4

7. Methodology……………………………………………………………………..11-12

8. Interview with an expert and major findings………………………………….…13-14

9. Discussion …………………………………………………………….……………..14

10. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………...…...14-15

11. Bibliography …………………………………………………………………..16-17

Introduction

 The aim of this research project is to search for mutually effective legal ways to protect the interests of EU citizens and refugees in the process of migration to Europe. First of all, will be read and analyzed already written articles and works of other researchers in order to find out background information about the issue. The method will be conducted as an interview to have arguments from expert.

Statement of facts

Refugee crises have increasingly become a problem due to huge number of   refugees in European society nowadays. Many Europeans are concerned that the influx of refugees will increase the likelihood of terrorism and impose a burden on their countries. ^[1]As reported by Pew Research Center 'A median of 59% across 10 EU countries voice concern about the prospect of increased terrorism'. Additionally, many Europeans believe refugees are a burden to society, because they take jobs and social benefits that would otherwise be available to citizens of each nation. According to European Union Commission in 2015, over 1 million people-refugees, displaced persons and other migrants-have made their way to the EU^[2]. They are usually in danger of losing their life because of conflict and human rights violation from their homelands, this is the reasons of migration to Europe. ^[3]Since Syria's civil war began in 2011, more than 4 million Syrians have sought shelter in neighboring countries; other refugees came from Afghanistan and Somalia. ^[4]The International Organization for Migration (IOM) arranged that more than 1,011,700 migrants arrived by sea in 2015, and almost 34,900 by land. After the perilous journey to Europe many of people have need for require basic humanitarian assistance, such as provision of clean water, health care, emergency shelter and legal aid. ^[5]The migration flow is affecting to transit countries, such as Turkey and Greece islands. There is small infrastructure on these small Greek inlands to cope with large numbers of arriving people. Under those circumstances ^[6]'In April 2016, the European Commission announced an initial €83 million worth of humanitarian funding for emergency support projects to assist in Greece.'  This funding is used for provisions of basic requirement with food, shelter and medicine.

Literature review

Opening paragraph:

Refugees flow is something that is has become a new social problem in today’s European society. The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees set the internationally recognized criteria defining a refugee. It was initially created to address the protection needs of millions of refugees displaced within Europe following World War Two. According to  Article I of the Convention, a refugee is: any person who… owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence 5 as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.  Refugee crisis normally happens when a group of people has fled its country of origin and has sought refuge in another country – generally one that shares the same borders with the original country. Also, refugee status is defined in international law, which requires states to protect refugees and not send anyone to a place where they risk being persecuted or seriously harmed. These situations are typically dealt with in an emergency manner, given the massive influx of the fleeing population in such short periods of time

a) summary of  laws

In agreement with, people who displaced around the world as a result of conflicts and human rights violations can expect protection and asylum from EU with accordance European Agenda on Migration article 78. Also, in accordance by Geneva Convention 1951 and Protocol relating to the status of refuges 1967 displaced persons have the rights not to be punished for illegal entry into the territory of a contracting State; right to work, right to housing, right to education, right to public relief and assistance, right to freedom of religion, right to freedom of movement within the territory. Refugees actually have legitimate reasons for wanting to flee from their homelands; they are eligible for the protection generally afforded to refugees   under several international conventions and protocols.