Ökande fokus på säkerhet och bristande respekt för de mänskliga rättigheterna?

How the EU is handling the situation in the Mediterranean Sea has direct implications on people’s human rights. Therefore the purpose of this essay is to discuss the consequences of the EU’s approach to migration and asylum, in relation to human rights. Three themes have been identified to show how the EU is interfering with people’s access to their rights. These themes represent three levels of analysis, creating the context for the essay and its question at issue. This essay analysis material issued from the European Commission from 2008 until 2015. One theme identifies the EU’s focus on security. How the EU’s approach shows a direction towards an increasing security focus is the concrete issue for this essay. The relation between a possible security focus and the other two themes: the definitions of migrants and migration, and also, EUs actions outside of the union in relation to the migration- and asylum question, creates a discussion that comply with the purpose of the essay. The EU’s approach to migration is analysed and discussed in a content analysis that combines the theoretical perspectives on security, inclusion, exclusion, and universal human rights. This analysis shows that the EU is including people that comply with the EU’s own interests. Additionally, the analysis shows that the EU excludes almost everyone who does not comply with the EU’s interests from its territory and from its protection. The EU is even interfering with people’s right to seek international protection - asylum. Therefore, the EU violates and disrespects the universality of human rights