Justice and Home Affairs

The nearly relentless crisis developments of the second half of 2015 in terms of both migration and terrorism challenges heavily influenced political priorities for the further development of the Union’s ‘Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’ (AFSJ) during 2016. Given the significant changes in the...

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Published inJournal of common market studies Vol. 55; no. S1; pp. 102 - 117
Main Author Monar, Jörg
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2017
Subjects
Borders
Coast guard
Counterterrorism
Crises
Justice
Migration
Political asylum
Procedural justice
Safeguards
Terrorism
Europe
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Summary:The nearly relentless crisis developments of the second half of 2015 in terms of both migration and terrorism challenges heavily influenced political priorities for the further development of the Union’s ‘Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’ (AFSJ) during 2016. Given the significant changes in the irregular migration flows the EU strengthened its border management capacity, primarily through the establishment of the European Border and Coast Guard, while the Commission took important initiatives on the legislative side with a new asylum package and a proposal to reform the EU Blue Card. Counter-terrorism priorities dominated the internal security agenda with advances both on the operational and – through the PNR Directive and Europol Regulation – on the legislative side, balanced in some sense by the adoption of three new judicial instruments providing for procedural safeguards for suspects or accused persons.
ISSN:0021-9886
1468-5965
DOI:10.1111/jcms.12585