EU Military Operation Sophia – Analysing the Shortfalls

Marius Pricopi

doi:10.1515/bsaft-2016-0046

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EU Military Operation Sophia – Analysing the Shortfalls

Scientific Bulletin

Volume 21 (2016): Issue 2 (December 2016)

By: Marius Pricopi

Open Access

|Feb 2017

Abstract

Facing the current issue of migration, European Union leaders managed to scrap together a (widely contested) plan for the re-distribution of asylum seekers between the member states. But they also undertook pro-active measures to counter illegal migration; such is the case of the military Operation Sophia.

In this paper we do not disavow in any way the existence and necessity of Operation Sophia. Instead, as a way to hereafter identify new opportunities to enhance its’ efficiency, we analyse the criticism brought against it, which mainly concerns: the lack of full transparency, the fosterage of illegal migration and the fail to address the root causes of the on-going migration crisis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bsaft-2016-0046 | Journal eISSN: 3100-5098 | Journal ISSN: 3100-508X

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Language: English

Page range: 122 - 127

Published on: Feb 7, 2017

Published by: Nicolae Balcescu Land Forces Academy

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

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