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EC Visa Facilitataion and Readmission Agreements: Implementing a New EU Security Approach in the Neighbourhood
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Abstract
With the Eastern Enlargement successfully completed, the EU is searching for a proper balance between internal security and external stabilisation that is acceplable to all sides. This paper focuses on an EU foreign policy instrument that is a case in point for this struggle: EC visa facilitation an... view more
With the Eastern Enlargement successfully completed, the EU is searching for a proper balance between internal security and external stabilisation that is acceplable to all sides. This paper focuses on an EU foreign policy instrument that is a case in point for this struggle: EC visa facilitation and readmission agreements. By looking at the EU's strategy on visa facilitation and readmission, this paper aims to offer a first systematic analysis of the objectives, substance and political implications of these agreements as a means to implement a new EU security approach in the neighbourhood. In offering more relaxed travel conditions in exchange for the signing of an EC readmission agreement and reforming domestic justice and home affairs, the EU has found a new way to press for reforms in neighbouring countries while addressing a major source of discontent in these countries. The analysis concluded with the broader implications of these agreements and argues that even if the facilitated travel opportunities are beneficial for the citizens of the target countries, the positive achievements are undermined by the Schengen enlargement, which makes the new member states tie up their borders to those of their neighbours.... view less
Keywords
EU; law on aliens; European security; immigration; security policy
Classification
Law
European Politics
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
VISA
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Publisher
CASE
City
Warschau
Page/Pages
48 p.
Series
Case Network Studies & Analyses, 363
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications