The COVID-19 Crisis and the Closure of External Borders: Another Stress-test for the Challenging Construction of Solidarity Within the EU?

European Papers

Luisa Marin¹ 

[1] University of Padua;

关键词: covid-19 and the eu;    eu travel ban;    closure of external borders;    asylum-seekers;    soft law;    solidarity;   

DOI  :  10.15166/2499-8249/398

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(2), 1071-1086 | European Forum Insight of 28 October 2020 | (Table of Contents) I. The COVID-19 emergency, borders and asylum-seekers. - I.1. The closure of external borders as an effort of coordination of Member States' initiatives. - I.2. The specific measures related to asylum-seekers and their implementation in the Member States. - II. The legal framework concerning the closure of the external borders and its relation with the asylum system. - III. Any new lesson learned on the relation between emergencies, borders and solidarity? | (Abstract) This Insight assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the external borders of the EU. It first presents measures enacting the EU travel ban and also their implications on the European asylum system, as implemented by Member States' administrations. In this context, it discusses some of the challenges which emerge: these concern mainly the soft law instruments deployed and their relation with the EU legal order, and the complex achievement of solidarity within the EU.

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