Caught You Red-Handed
The Umpteenth Reinforcement of FRONTEX’ Operational Tasks: Third Time Lucky?
On 6 October 2016, the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG), the successor of FRONTEX, was officially established. Less than two years after the adoption of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1624, the president of the European Commission announced in his speech on the 2018 State of the Union made on 12 September, the Commission’s intention to, […]
The Lack of Transparency Surrounding EUROPOL and the Hotspots
The 2015 European Agenda on Migration envisaged a significant role for FRONTEX, EASO, and EUROPOL, the function to operationally implement the Agenda and closely cooperate in the management of the hotspots established in Italy and Greece. Due to the extraordinary migratory pressure at the external borders of these frontline Member States, FRONTEX, EASO, and EUROPOL were called to […]
Frontex, Easo and Europol: From a Secondary to a Pivotal Operational Role in the Aftermath of the “Refugee Crisis”
This post first appeared at the Open Migration Project The so-called “refugee crisis” prompted the urge to ensure the functioning of the Schengen area and the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), the need to operationally assist those Member States most affected by the sudden and extraordinary arrival of mixed migratory flows, and the convenience […]
La operación naval EUNAVFOR MED SOPHIA: El creciente vínculo entre la dimensión interna y externa de la seguridad en la UE
Esta entrada resume el capítulo publicado por la Fundación Alternativas el 1 de abril de 2019 La “crisis de los refugiados” ha expuesto las divergencias existentes entre los Estados miembros en la aplicación efectiva y uniforme de las leyes y políticas de la UE adoptadas en materia de migración, asilo y gestión de fronteras. Entre […]
From EASO to the European Agency for Asylum: “Business as Usual?”
This post first appeared at the EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Blog Introduction From May to July 2016, the Commission put forward a wide-ranging European Asylum package, which included the establishment of a European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). The Council and the European Parliament reached a partial agreement on 28 June […]
It will be a new agency. It will be an enforcement agency. It will be the European Union Agency for Asylum! No wait… it will be EASO
The president of the European Commission, in his letter of intent accompanying the September 2015 State of the Union speech, announced that the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), the Dublin System, and Easo would be comprehensively reviewed. From May to July 2016, the Commission put forward a wide-ranging European Asylum package, which reformed the Regulations of […]
An Enforcement Role for EUROPOL in the Aftermath of the “Refugee Crisis”?
This post first appeared at the EU Law Enforcement Blog The “refugee crisis” has led to the establishment of the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) (the successor of Frontex) in 2016 and the transformation(still under negotiation)of the European Asylum Support Office (Easo) into a European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). The expansion of the […]
Gasperi: trazando el horizonte de Europa
Esta reseña aparece publicada en la Revista Actualidad Jurídica Aranzadi y se enmarca dentro del Programa Leyendo en Clave Jurídica 2017-2018 de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Deusto. Europa vive tiempos convulsos. La crisis del euro, los refugiados, el terrorismo, el Brexit, la extrema derecha, el populismo, el euroescepticismo o el fracaso de […]
The European Border and Coast Guard: Towards the Centralization of the External Border Management?
This post first appeared at The Academic Research Network on Agencification of EU Executive Governance (TARN) As a result of the migratory crisis, the transformation of Frontex into a European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) became a political priority for both the EU and the Member States. Regulation 2016/1624 aims to strengthen the position and independence of […]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=caughtyouredhanded.wordpress.com&blog=85831774&post=308&subd=caughtyouredhanded&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1">