Responding to Migration from Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons learned from Libya
- Document number
- 2863
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Responding to Migration from Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons learned from Libya
- Author/publisher
- Khalid Koser
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
- Summary
- The paper examines the various political and policy responses by neighbouring states, by and within the European Union as well as by international organizations to migration during the Libyan conflict. According to the report, the weakest policy response to the migration crisis in Libya was within Libya itself, specially because of the the limited access for international organisations in areas held by government forces. The policy response in neighbouring states, especially Egypt and Tunisia, is qualified as being "far more robust". The study acknowledges that the political significance of the EU response to the arrivals in Europe was disproportional to their number. However, it concludes that "There may well be legitimate reasons for safeguarding EU borders against large-scale influxes, through enhanced surveillance, maritime operations and border controls. But the quid pro quo is to support the capacity of those countries that are affected by influxes to process asylum applications, protect refugees, and maintain health and other basic services at a level sufficient to support migrants and refugees".
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