The recognition of migrants in the European Union

Abstract

The absence of justice in European migration policy finds its maximum expression in measures related to migration control and the surveillance of its external borders. This article examines some legislative acts of the political-institutional discourse of the European Union (EU) where the lack of recognition of migrants is observed, affecting equally the individual rights of asylum seekers and migrants in general. On the one hand, the categorization of people into “economic migrants” or asylum seekers along with the rejection at the border or difficulty of migrants in availing themselves their right to international protection is raised. On the other hand, the registration and biometric identification of migrants within the framework of border control and the collective return of migrants through readmission agreements with third countries in the context of border externalisation in the EU is specified.

Keywords

• justice in the european union
• right to recognition
• migrants
• asylum seekers
• pact on migration and asylum