Open AccessKryzys migracyjny a relacje Macedonii z Unią Europejską
Author(s) -
M. Sokołowski
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
przegląd europejski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-6023
pISSN - 1641-2478
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.0040
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , political science , politics , ethnic group , member states , migrant workers , development economics , economy , economic growth , european union , geography , business , economic policy , law , economics , archaeology
This article deals with the analysis of migrant crisis in the years 2015–2016 and its impact on the relations between Macedonia and the EU member states. In 2015 Macedonia, which has an official EU candidate status, was in the centre of the migrant crisis. It was one of the countries on the Balkan migrant route. Migrants entered Macedonia mainly from Greece. Macedonia was receiving contradictory statements from EU countries concerning the issue of dealing with the migration crisis. The aim of this article is to present the complex situation of this country as a multi-ethnic with a large Muslim minority and its politics in the context of disputes with EU concerning solving of the migration crisis. To accomplish the goal, the analysis of election campaigns and content analysis of media which were done during the study visit will be presented. Main research problem concerns the influence of Macedonia’s policy and actions taken as a response to migrant crisis on the direction of the bilateral relations between Macedonia and EU countries.