Difficult endeavour to differentiate among migrants who need
The difficult endeavour to differentiate among migrants who need international
protection and poverty migration calls for an efficient border management
system, in addition to measures that focus on the problems in the countries of
origin.
Such measures should be coordinated with other issues related to the
EU asylum and migration policy. Generally speaking, however, labour migration
falls under the member states’ jurisdiction (Article 79 (5) TFEU).
The EU asylum policy’s internal elements are based on the Common European
Asylum System. The CEAS’s reform has now reached a decisive phase, but
major elements of the reform, especially the planned Dublin IV Regulation, are
subject to debate. The debates do not solely revolve around details. Respective
competences of the EU are on the table, too. The proponents of a strong EU in
this field consider the reception of refugees as a common European public
good. From this point of view, the allocation of this good lies within the EU’s
competences.
The critics of expanded EU powers take a different view. They
argue that the member states should be able to decide themselves whether and
how many refugees they will host.
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