The Integration Of The European Union

The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political partnership between 28 different countries. It consists of about half a billion citizens, and its combined economy represents about 20 percent of the world’s total economy (Briney, 2015). Today The European Union works as a single market, with free movement of people, goods and services from one country to another. There is a standard system of laws to be followed, and since 1999 many countries share a single currency called the Euro (Europa.eu, 2015). This essay will explore the background history of the European Union and the benefits and drawbacks of the European Union.

Being a refugee involves living through situations of violence and uncertainty, experiencing loss, and attempting to create a future in an uncertain world. By its definition, the refugee experience is one that involves being removed, being excluded, and one in which belonging – to family, community, and country – is always at risk. Thus, the dislocation that refugees experience in their process of migration inevitably influences their sense of home, place, and belonging. Through the process of forced migration, many refugees lose aspects of their identities and attachment to the physical and emotional spaces embedded in their former communities, jobs, skills, language, friends, family, and culture. Upon arrival in a new society, a new

In the final draft I will expand on each of the issues, by looking into more specific examples of both what different European countries are doing policy wise, as well as what the sentiment is among the refugees in the different areas of Europe. To fully be able to understand the conditions the refugees are facing I will be using other scholars ethnography work; One of those works being Katerina Rozakou’s piece regarding the management of refugees in Greece. As a result of that knowledge I will be able to come to an accurate conclusion as to what course of action should be taken in Europe as a whole, to deal with this ongoing

The term “refugee” is value laden. It carries centuries of imagery, something connected to our own histories, whether personal or cultural, an image deserving charity or compassion. But by it's very neutrality, it's bureaucratic blandness, the term “asylum seeker” distances us from the natural reaction of wanting to offer refuge, to one of objectivity and lack of emotional engagement. What's ironic here is that the term was probably coined by a well meaning academic attempting to remove the stigma of those emotional, pejorative or inaccurate labels like “boat people” , “queue jumpers” or the particularly insidious “genuine refugee”. Unfortunately their efforts have been co-opted by the opinion makers to reduce the experience of afflicted people to what sounds like a category on a governmental form. The fact that this term is so bureaucratic means that it ties in well with the label “queue jumper” further reinforcing the image of refugees as importunate opportunists who just want a share of “the good life”, Aussie style.

Despite the United Kingdom’s long history of accepting settlers from other lands, today, more than at any other time the subject of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants is at the fore-front of public consciousness. Feelings run high as this emotive subject proves to be a thorny political issue with its own set of discourses. History has shown that –`asylum migration creates conflict within developed countries between natives and asylum seekers and it creates conflict between neighbouring developed countries with one trying to pass the burden of migration to the other` (Neumayer, n.d, p.2)

Refugees! Refugees! Refugees! This the only word we are hearing nowadays. The word ‘refugee’ echoes in society and particularly in the media nowadays, yet, many are ignorant of what it truly means. Whenever we hear the word ‘refugee’, our knee-jerk reaction is that we think of immigrants. A refugee, according to the Geneva Convention, is someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion1. People have fled their home country from the fear of unjustified persecution, but we do not call them innocent people; rather our deluded society deride

Integration of Arab immigrants is one of the most contentious issues in Europe and is becoming a huge area of concern for many European countries. More than one million asylum-seekers arrived to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in 2015. The United Nations High Commissioner in Refugees (UNHCR) evaluated that approximately 84% of these migrants are from countries that qualify them as refugees (because of war or other circumstances). This sudden huge influx of immigrants poses a huge challenge for the European countries and how they will be integrated in European society will define the social, economical, and political future of Europe.

In its historical context discuss why and how the EU was set up and the advantages and disadvantages of membership.

The ongoing migrant and refugee crisis in Europe has recently grown to new heights and is the biggest, most deadly one in the world. Migrants and refugees from the Middle East have been finding risky, unorthodox ways to flee from their different countries to seek shelter in a new safer country in the European Union for many years now. This crisis has only recently drawn the media’s attention because of its rapid increase in size and fatality. Many innocent people are dying, getting injured, or being sent back home on their breakout from their dangerous home countries, and the responsibility of finding a new home for these people lies on the European Union. As one

Has the sovereignty of EU member states passed to EU institutions or is it still retained by member states?

How significant has been the development of the EU’s policies concerning the protection of the natural environmental and climate change? What problems have confronted policy-makers in-framing and delivering such policies?

Please think about the interference of internal (European) and external (global) factors, shaping European integration? How were they related? Give one or two examples!

There have been a lot of contributions by scholars to the widely discussed topic of European citizenship. In his article Espen D.H. Olsen argues in contrast to many others, “that the Maastricht Treaty was not year zero in the EU citizenship discourse” (Olsen 2008, p. 40). His study deals with the time before the general discussion over the European citizenship started in the 1970s (cf. ibid, p. 41ff.) The article’s main finding states that European citizenship has been in existence from the European integration’s starting point, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Olsen defines his concept of citizenship “as a status of individuals in relation to a political unit” (ibid, p. 41) which he divides in the four dimensions

The European Union is a fortress of commerce, development, groundbreaking environmental initiatives, proactive human rights champions, and embodies the new era of integration efforts in the post-modern world. Europe is the recipient of global admiration as a prime destination for travelers who seek luxury, elegance, varying cultural experiences, and immersed in ancient history. European integration has produced the almighty EU that is considered to be one of the most respected, notarized, stable and secure intergovernmental and supranational bodies in the world. The appeal of Europe has reached an all time high as increasing global instability rises in neighboring countries surrounding the EU. Immigrants, migrants,

The European Commission and scholars emphasize that the ERASMUS programme is a successful example of European integration and a symbol of construction of European identity. Through the ‘European Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students’ (ERASMUS), the largest student exchange programme in Europe, nearly two million students have studied abroad and had the opportunity to learn firsthand about other European peoples and cultures. Erasmus program is the most popular European program in Europe and worldwide, being considered the “flagship” educational program of European Union.