Compatibility of the appropriate management of migration flow and the protection of refugees: Analysis of the Common European migration policy

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530115
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: New fields of law
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Nakasaka Emiko 広島大学, 社会科学研究科, 教授 (20284127)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: EU / 難民 / 国境管理 / 移民 / 国境管理 / 地中海 / 人身取引 / 国際研究者交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project focused on the influence of the Common European Asylum Policy, especially of the border control policy of the EU on the protection of refugees and other persons who need international protection. Because of the mass influx of the Syrian refugees, Greece, which has the external border of the EU, could not fulfill its obligation of human rights protection and of non refoulement principle. However, the European Court of Human Rights and the EU Court of Justice played important roles in this aspect. On the other hand, several EU agencies newly became to conduct their activities for the border control in the Mediterranean Sea, but human rights protection and non-refoulement principle are not necessarily secured in their activities. Possibility of breach of non-refoulement principle by making border control stricter is now universal and it is essential that EU should tackle it with long term and wider vision.

Free Research Field

法学