V4 Objection to the Mandatory Relocation Quotas

Mgr. Gabriela Urbanová, MSc

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The European Union, in attempt to deal with the mass migration influx, decided on a mandatory quota for relocation of asylum seekers, for all Member States. The Countries of the V4 group, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, have been demonstrating a position of non-compliance with the quotas, for varying reasons. This paper follows the reasons for the objections posed by these countries both individually and as a unified group, while examining the political and legal instruments applied in the procedure. Through theories of European integration, this paper puts up hypotheses about the intergovernmental approach of the V4 states, as well as identifies unique cultural and historical common perception shaping the perspective of the group to the crisis.

Keywords

Visegrad Group, V4, European Integration, Relocation Asylum Quota, Opposition, European Union, Slovakia vs. Council

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 5. 8. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 5. 8. 2016
• Vedúci: mr. dr. Ton van den Brink
• Oponent: prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Social Studies

Master programme / odbor:
International Territorial Studies / European Governance