EU MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION POLICY: REGULATIONS, PLANS AND BORDER CHALLENGES

The migratory flows, a phenomenon that has occurred since the beginning of humanity, have increased significantly in the last decade due to the refugee crisis. While the migrant moves to another country by choice, having as one of his/her purposes the search for better living conditions, the refugee moves because of a direct threat linked to situations of violence such as wars and political and religious conflicts. Although many of them leave their countries with the expectation of returning to their places of origin after the end of the conflicts, the time spent as a refugee can exceed twenty years. Therefore, it is important to have a migration, asylum, and integration policy, based on human rights, that assures to the migrant and the refugee the right to be welcomed and included in the chosen destination to safeguard their existence. This is still the challenge for several countries, especially for countries that are part of the European Union and are still in the process of consolidating their territory after the liberalization of internal borders