The Paradoxes of European Union Immigration Policy and its Repercussions on Turkish-EU Relations

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Arslan, Mehmet İnanç

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In thesis, the way wended by European Union immigration policy is addressed under the light of historical background. Essentially, the arguments regarding immigration and free movement aroused and gained momentum in EU in 1980s. During 1990s, the justice and home affairs subjects obtained a central point among EU policies abruptly. However, despite all the efforts since then, it is still early to say that there emerges a uniform European immigration policy. In fact, it is quite hard to reach such a common policy, due to the unique structural requirements, different priorities and expectations of the Member States. It is examined in dissertation then why the Member States’ policymakers still insist on a common EU immigration policy in spite of this. The researcher asserts that some aspects of the common EU immigration policy serve as a new migration control mechanism in order to be able to take additional measures limiting third country nationals’ access to the rights of EU citizens by transferring restrictive national approaches and legislation into a supranational venue. It is also scrutinized in thesis in what ways Turkish citizens composing considerable population within Community borders and Turkey as a candidate state conducting negotiations on the membership process are affected from these efforts for a common EU immigration policy. It is examined whether this process generate any new breaking point in Turkish-EU relations or not.

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Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration, Emigration and immigration law, Emigration and immigration law, International travel regulations

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614910/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21858

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M. İ. Arslan, “The Paradoxes of European Union Immigration Policy and its Repercussions on Turkish-EU Relations,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.