The European operations in the Mediterranean Sea to deal with migration as a symptom: from the Italian operation Mare Nostrum to Frontex operations Triton and Posseidon, EUNAVFOR-MED and NATO's assistance in the Aegean Sea

Authors

  • Félix Vacas Fernández Associate professor of Public International Law and International Relations in Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

Keywords:

European Migration Law, rescue of people at sea Law, international protection of people at the high seas, asylum, principle of non-refoulement

Abstract

The EU operations launched in 2014 and 2015 in the Mediterranean Sea to deal with the so-called migrant and refugee crisis are the main operative answer taken at EU level. They are a clear symptom of the road the EU and its Member States are taking on trying to deal with the migration challenge: is it the road mapped by the European Migration Law based on the International and European Law on Human Rights and on the EU values or, on the contrary, by an exceptional legal regime, for migrants alone, where (supposed) security and (real) egoistic States interests prevail?

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Published

2016-12-31

Issue

Vol. 20 (2016)

Section

General Articles

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The European operations in the Mediterranean Sea to deal with migration as a symptom: from the Italian operation Mare Nostrum to Frontex operations Triton and Posseidon, EUNAVFOR-MED and NATO’s assistance in the Aegean Sea. (2016). Spanish Yearbook of International Law, 20, 93-117. https://www.sybil.es/sybil/article/view/1385