"Since the 1990s, the European Union has embarked upon the development of the «external» dimension of its immigration and asylum policy, also known as «externalisation process». Several means, operations and instruments have been implemented for
“Since the 1990s, the European Union has embarked upon the development of the «external» dimension of its immigration and asylum policy, also known as «externalisation process». Several means, operations and instruments have been implemented for the purpose of making its neighbours (more or less close) take charge of controlling migration flows. Among these instruments, there is a figure that has become one of the linchpins of externalisation: the readmission agreement.”
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