1. Control of Illegal Immigration and Italian-EU Relations
- Author:
- Bruno Nascimbene
- Publication Date:
- 08-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- Controlling maritime borders and flows of illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean is an issue where sharp tensions have been evident for some months now at the national, EU and international levels. Tensions evidenced by the reactions and outcry provoked by operations involving Italian naval units which have intercepted boats carrying migrants and sent them back to their ports of departure, most notably in Libya. The migrants concerned were deemed to be illegal regardless of their possible asylum-seeker status. Such interventions have raised, and continue to raise, concerns over the fate of the persons involved, especially as regards the protection of their fundamental human rights.
- Topic:
- Maritime Commerce, Immigration, and Law Enforcement
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Libya, Italy, and Rome