EU migration policies and their outcome – the syrian refugee crisis

Immigration has been an important subject in Europe ever since the early 1960s. But recently, it became a crucial political subject for most EU countries, changing public policies, while fueling extremists. Today, we are witnessing one of the biggest immigration crises in Europe, due to the Syrian conflict. Despite having regulations regarding immigration, the access being stress less for EU citizens and citizens originated from countries with whom EU has agreements, or is difficult, even impossible, for the rest, EU has been taken over by hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty. EU has had a hard time managing the situation, showing a lack of unity, direction and strategy. Therefore, a question arises: why the more the EU and its members do, in terms of migration policy, to limit migration the less they manage to improve the situation, to uphold their policy goal? The focus will be on political factors and globalization. In conclusion, we need: willingness to take steps to widen the “North-South development gap†; a united EU long term migration policy and for the gap between the most developed EU countries and the least to decrease, for the migration burden to be sustained fairly.