Managing Legal Migration in the EU: Shortcomings and Challenges

Abstract

My paper provides a review of the various EU legal schemes and initiatives that facilitate legal migration in the EU, their achievements, and shortcomings in their implementation, while investigating concerns, issues, and policies related to the rights and protection of migrants. The European Union’s migration policy is complex and encompasses multiple aspects, aiming to manage legal migration, combat illegal migration, ensure and create functional mechanisms to guarantee and protect asylum seekers, and promote the integration of migrants into host countries. These UE schemes have revealed shortcomings caused by complicated bureaucratic procedures, limited mobility between states, abuses and exploitation.