Europska migrantska kriza i izazovi šengenskom režimu

professional thesis

• Title (english): European migrant crisis and challenges to the Schengen regime
• Author: Ante Župan
• Mentor: Đana Luša (mentor)
• Committee member: Vlatko Cvrtila (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ružica Jakešević (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Đana Luša (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-02-02, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Šengenski režim jedna je od najkonkretnijih tekovina Europske unije kojom je omogućen slobodan protok ljudi, robe i usluga unutar granica Europske unije. Brisanjem unutrašnjih granica posljedično se ukazala potreba snaženja vanjskih granica šengenskog prostora. Istodobno, Šengenskim sporazumom omogućena je uspostava izvanrednih i privremenih kontrola na unutarnjim granicama, a jedna od situacija koja je aktivirala tu mogućnost dogodila se 2015. godine tijekom migrantske krize uzrokovane u najvećoj mjeri ratnim događanjima na Bliskom istoku. Migrantska kriza dovela je do velike krize u funkcioniranju šengenskog režima, ali i urušila sigurnosni poredak Europske unije koja se tada naglo suočila s velikim valom izbjeglica na svom teritoriju. Šengenski režim pokazao se iznimno nedjelotvornim u borbi s posljedicama migrantske krize, ali se još većim problemom pokazao nedostatak zajedničkog stava na razini EU-a kako po pitanju traženja zajedničkog rješenja za zaustavljanje ilegalnih migracija tako i po pitanju dogovora oko raspodjele migranata i njihove integracije u društvo. Premda države članice Europske unije trebaju određen broj useljenika pokazalo se da nemaju pripremljene i provedive strateške planove za prihvat velikog broja migranata, a očito nisu bile spremne ni na veliki sigurnosni rizik koji se pojavio nekontroliranim dolaskom useljenika na teritorij EU-a. Predmet analize istraživačkog rada su odnosi unutar država članica prema pitanju nezakonitih migracija te buduća uloga šengenskog režima u cilju veće sigurnosti Europske unije. Ujedno se istražilo kako države članice na vanjskim granicama štite šengenski režim, posebice na migrantskoj ruti te na koji način Hrvatska brani granice EU-a u nastojanju da uđe u šengenski prostor.

Abstract (english)

The Schengen regime is one of the most concrete achievements of the European Union, which enables the free movement of people, goods and services within the borders of the European Union. The erasure of internal borders has consequently shown the need to strengthen the external borders of the Schengen area. At the same time, the Schengen Agreement enabled the establishment of emergency and temporary controls at internal borders, and one of the situations that triggered this possibility occurred in 2015 during the migrant crisis caused largely by the war in the Middle East.

The migrant crisis led to a major crisis in the functioning of the Schengen regime, but also collapsed the security order of the European Union, which then suddenly faced a large wave of refugees on its territory. The Schengen regime has proved extremely ineffective in tackling the consequences of the migrant crisis, but an even bigger problem has been the lack of a common stance at EU level on finding a common solution to stop illegal migration and agreeing on the distribution of migrants and their integration into society. Although EU Member States need a certain number of immigrants, they have shown that they do not have ready and feasible strategic plans for accepting large numbers of migrants, and were clearly not prepared for the high security risk posed by the uncontrolled arrival of immigrants in the EU. The subject of the research analysis is the relation within the Member States on the issue of illegal migration and the future role of the Schengen regime in order to increase the security of the European Union. It also explored how member states protect the Schengen regime at the external borders, especially on the migrant route, and how Croatia defends the EU's borders in an effort to enter the Schengen area.

• Keywords: Europska unija; Hrvatska; sigurnost; šengenski režim; migracije; migrantska kriza.
• Keywords (english): European Union; Croatia; security; Schengen regime; migration; migrant crisis
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:378124
• Study programme: Title: Foreign Politics and Diplomacy; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate specialist; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a specijalist/specijalistica za vanjsku politiku i diplomaciju (sveučilišni/a specijalist/specijalistica za vanjsku politiku i diplomaciju)
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• Created on: 2022-08-12 10:10:35