Impacts of Afghanistan Refugee Crisis and Solutions for European Union

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220105.075How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Refugee; Human security; European Union; Securitization; Afghanistan

Abstract

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on the 15th of August, it is worried that a new refugee crisis similar to the situation in 2015 is generating. This essay aims to explore how the refugee crisis poses threats on countries European Union and possible solutions for this situation. To begin, the effects of the refugee crisis from the perspective of traditional security studies since the Cold War period are discussed in order to demonstrate the effects of refugees on national security. Then the manifesting problem of over-securitizing forced migrations will be evaluated by analyzing countries’ motivations and regarding international refugee laws. Through the evaluation, it shows that the over-securitizing refugee crisis will damage refugees’ basic human rights with violations of the international refugee law. To handle the emerging refugee crisis, cooperation within members of the European Union could be an efficient way through the investigation of the Schengen Agreement and Dublin Regulation. European Union should especially support members that are geographically vulnerable to refugee tides by providing financial aids to help them maintain border control and manage refugee reception camps. Also, international institutions could promote countries to cooperate by monitoring them with moral authority. Finally, according to the current situation under the Taliban’s quick control, this emerging refugee crisis is less likely to be as serious as the situation in 2015, and European Union countries could handle it more easily.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yang Shen
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - Impacts of Afghanistan Refugee Crisis and Solutions for European Union
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 401
EP  - 404
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.075
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