The Internal Migration Policy of the EU
The internal migration policy of the
European Union
Table of Contents
1 Statement of independent work 2
2 Preface, Introduction 3
3 History, Development and Policies 5
4 Recent results 5
4.1 Meeting in Tampere 6
4.2 Schäuble-Sarkozy paper 6
5 Living Europe Safely – Work program for the German EU Presidency (1.1.07–30.6.07) 8
5.1 Fighting illegal migration; preventing visa fraud 8
5.2 Improving returns 8
5.3 Protecting refugees – expanding cooperation 8
5.4 Managing legal immigration 9
5.5 Protecting the external borders – strengthening FRONTEX 9
6 Austria and migration 9
7 Sources 11
Statement of independent work
I declare that I drew up this paper totally independent and without the help of anybody else. I did not use other sources than indicated and ensure that I made a literal note of those sources I did use.
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Preface, Introduction
I’d like to say that this topic lies at my heart, especially because I come from a city in Upper-Styria, which has a major problem with migrants (13.5% migrants, estimated number of unreported cases is almost double the amount). People have prejudices and aren’t feeling safe any more. Crimes and fights increased drastically; most of them actually are racial conflicts. That’s the reason why I’d like to concentrate on this tropic.
First of all I’d like to start with a definition of migration. I looked it up in the dictionary and found this:
Migration
The process by which, over a period of time, people living in one area gradually move into another region perhaps some distance away. Such movements occur mainly through the physical transfer of small groups (families and extended families) at a time, the incomers making their new homes in the midst of the existing occupants of the area, although as the migrants become the dominant social group various social tensions may build up.
Since the foundation of the EU, a lot has changed for the European countries. Even though there
European Union
Table of Contents
1 Statement of independent work 2
2 Preface, Introduction 3
3 History, Development and Policies 5
4 Recent results 5
4.1 Meeting in Tampere 6
4.2 Schäuble-Sarkozy paper 6
5 Living Europe Safely – Work program for the German EU Presidency (1.1.07–30.6.07) 8
5.1 Fighting illegal migration; preventing visa fraud 8
5.2 Improving returns 8
5.3 Protecting refugees – expanding cooperation 8
5.4 Managing legal immigration 9
5.5 Protecting the external borders – strengthening FRONTEX 9
6 Austria and migration 9
7 Sources 11
Statement of independent work
I declare that I drew up this paper totally independent and without the help of anybody else. I did not use other sources than indicated and ensure that I made a literal note of those sources I did use.
____________________
Preface, Introduction
I’d like to say that this topic lies at my heart, especially because I come from a city in Upper-Styria, which has a major problem with migrants (13.5% migrants, estimated number of unreported cases is almost double the amount). People have prejudices and aren’t feeling safe any more. Crimes and fights increased drastically; most of them actually are racial conflicts. That’s the reason why I’d like to concentrate on this tropic.
First of all I’d like to start with a definition of migration. I looked it up in the dictionary and found this:
Migration
The process by which, over a period of time, people living in one area gradually move into another region perhaps some distance away. Such movements occur mainly through the physical transfer of small groups (families and extended families) at a time, the incomers making their new homes in the midst of the existing occupants of the area, although as the migrants become the dominant social group various social tensions may build up.
Since the foundation of the EU, a lot has changed for the European countries. Even though there