THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RECENT ILLEGAL MIGRATION: A BLIP OR A TREND

26 April 2011

Italy and France have recently approached the European Commission to ‘investigate’ the Schengen Treaty.  Both countries are facing the consequences of significant unregulated migration – primarily from North Africa and as a result of the recent political upheavals – which threatens to undermine EU solidarity and a key pillar of the Union’s edifice.