Some Questions about the EU and the Migrant and Refugee Crisis

1. Define what kind of immigration we are talking about here. What kind of people are arriving? From where and why?

2. What is the scale of the problem? Compare figures for this year with 2016, 2015, 2014 and earlier 2013 and 2012.

3. Compare with figures for legal immigration from non- EU countries.

4. Compare with refugee figures for arrivals in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.

5. Comment on the levels of internal EU migration and the resulting frictions.

6. What problems has this phenomenon caused for the EU?

1. in responding to the humanitarian crisis

2. in terms of infrastructure, personnel, funds etc…

3. operations on Italy’s coast, on open waters and on the coast of Libya.

4. tensions between EU member states

5. public opinion, sympathy, the rise of anti-immigrant, anti-EU parties

6. current Italian operations and EU plans to deal with the crisis

7. the EU’s image

7. Comment on possible problems for the future, e.g. the scale of the problem / the integration of new migrants into existing populations / EU foreign policy concerning countries of origin / our moral and legal obligations faced with this crisis / any other practical ideas or comments?