EU-North Macedonia cooperation in prevention of illegal migration and fight against smuggling of migrants: going by the book or backsliding on human rights

Nikodinovska Krstevska, Ana and Kosevaliska, Olga and Ivanova, Elena (2023) EU-North Macedonia cooperation in prevention of illegal migration and fight against smuggling of migrants: going by the book or backsliding on human rights. In: International Scientific Conference “Law between the ideal and the reality” thematic conference "University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica Faculty of Law, Institute for Comparative Law - Belgrade, 19-20 May 2023, Kosovska Mitrovica. (In Press)

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Abstract

The set of policies and practices implemented by the European Union in North Macedonia in subject of prevention of illegal migration and fight against smuggling of migrants, have been evaluated by both the EU and North Macedonia as successful tools in tackling migration challenges. However, international organizations and local NGOs, have observed systematic practices of migrant pushbacks and violence on borders in particular on the Greek-Macedonian border, where police officials of EU Member States and Frontex officials have been recognized as being involved in the acts of alleged violence. These episodes have raised serious concerns about the observance of human rights of migrants and asylum seekers of the EU’s Border Agency and put into question the entirety of EU’s asylum and migration system whatsoever. On these grounds the purpose of this contribution is to examine EU’s policy and practices on prevention of illegal migration and fight against smuggling of migrants in North Macedonia against the background of international human right obligations meaning the respect of the principle of non-refoulment and the observance of the rule of law.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Law
Depositing User:	Elena Maksimova
Date Deposited:	29 May 2023 10:04
Last Modified:	29 May 2023 10:04
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/31802

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