Environmental migration: towards the development of a European legal framework

Migliosi, Camilla (A.A. 2022/2023) Environmental migration: towards the development of a European legal framework. Tesi di Laurea in Diritto dell'Unione europea, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Daniele Gallo, pp. 211. [Single Cycle Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The interplay between the environment and migration. The institutional discourse and problem foundation around environmental migration. Climate change and its effect on the environment. Understanding the environmental change–migration nexus. Vulnerability and population exposure: the disproportion of the phenomenon. Is migration the only solution? The multi-causal nature of the phenomenon. Terminology and definitions. Environmental migration: recognising the issue and exploring possible solutions. The international and regional legal mechanisms for environmental migrant protection: the role of the European Union. The EU in the international legal order: participation in international organizations and its treaty-making competence. The 1951 Geneva Convention and the principle of non-refoulment. Addressing environmental migration in the broader context of climate change and disaster policies. Addressing environmental migration in the broader context of international human rights standards. Concluding reflections on the participation of the EU in the international mechanisms to protect environmental migrants. The path towards an EU legal framework for the protection of environmental migrants. Environmental migrants within the EU policy debate. The EU migration and asylum system. The case law of the Court of justice of the EU on the meaning of inhumane and degrading treatment. Temporary protection directive. Humanitarian grounds for protection within EU asylum law. Seasonal workers directive. Other options? Resettlement programmes, humanitarian admission schemes and private sponsorships. The EU’s environmental and climate policies: tackling the root causes of environmental migration. EU environmental policy. Addressing environmental migration in the EU's external dimension. The EU preemptive measures addressing the root causes of climate change and environmental migration. Concluding remarks on the inadequacy of the framework offered at the international and European level. National responses adopted by EU member states applicable to environmental migrants: a comparative appraisal. Different levels of protection among member States. Preliminary remarks on the Italian case. The French legal framework on international protection and its case law. The German legal framework on international protection and its case law. The cypriot legal framework on international protection. The Austrian legal framework on international protection and its case law. The Swedish legal framework on international protection. The member State’s response to environmental migrants: possible solutions?

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Bibliografia: pp. 176-210.

Thesis Type: Single Cycle Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Single Cycle Master's Degree Programs > Single Cycle Master's Degree Program in Law (LMG-01)
Chair: Diritto dell'Unione europea
Thesis Supervisor: Gallo, Daniele
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Biagioni, Giacomo
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Extraordinary
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2024 08:31
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2024 08:31
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/39704

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