Facing Migration Flows in the EU: The Cases of Spain and the Czech Republic: Different Views, Different Solutions

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Facing Migration Flows in the EU: The Cases of Spain and the Czech Republic: Different Views, Different Solutions

Original language description

The presented policy paper addresses the difficulties the European Union (EU) faces in building a proper Common Migration and Asylum Policy. The author argues that the problem here lies in the different approaches towards migration held by EU member states. Different migratory traditions are one of the key issues related to the misunderstanding among the states. Their approaches are determined by their geographical locations and migration histories. The member states use the same concepts and terms when discussing migration; however, the meanings of these concepts and terms are not equivalent, as each state uses them differently. The main aim of this paper is to give some clarity to the positions held by Eastern and Southern states from a comparative perspective of the Czech Republic and Spain. Even though apparently, they hold opposite positions towards migration, the study finds that they share some common features such as a denial of being an asylum country and the absence of a related public policy. Probably the most important conclusion has to do with the fact that these two member states are appealing to a “selective solidarity principle” depending on the circumstances. In addition, this paper provides some recommendations to the Czech Republic based on the good practices and failures observed in the public policies implemented by Spain since the beginning of 2000 to improve the dialogue and understanding at the EU level. This analysis was produced within the Think Visegrad Non-V4 Fellowship programme, within which was Ruth Ferrero Turrión Visiting Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague.

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů