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THE NEW EUROPEAN CHALLENGE – THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ILLEGAL MIGRATION AND TERRORISM
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According to our researches, the relationship between illegal migration and the terrorism should be emphasized. The attitude of the European legislators was changed by the terrorist offences were committed in the territory of the European Union in the past few years. Terrorist offences proved the vulnerability of the European States, and the rule of democratic law. In 2014, 276.113 migrants entered the European Union irregularly, which represents an increase of 138% compared to the same period in 2013. It should be underlined that the above-mentioned data increased in the past years as well. This last period clearly proves that Europe can’t cope with the huge herd set out for the Western Europe from various parts of the world. In this respect, the illegal migration can be not only a tool but also a catalyst for the terrorist offences as well. In the latter case conflicts and violent affairs are caused by the migration, in the former case the illegal entry and integration of the terrorists are supported by the migratory network. In 2015 and 2016, the European Union experienced a massive number of casualties caused by terrorist attacks. The most affected Member States was France which – only in 2015 - had to cope with losing 148 citizens and seeing more than 350 injured in attacks committed in January and November. There is no evidence to declare that all of migrants are terrorist, however, the terrorists make use of migratory flows to enter into EU. According to our oppinion, the above-mentioned fact is reinforced by the European statistics as well. It shall be emphasized that the phenomenon of the illegal migration is favourable to the terrorist organizations. However, the difficulties regarding to the illegal crossing of border are not dominant in the new situation made by the mass migration. It’s easier to prove the identity with false documents and to evade the vigilance of the frontier-guards. The paper deals with mentioned connection between the illegal migration and the terrorism using European statistics of the European Law Enforcement Agency (EUROPOL) and criminal-political viewpoints.
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