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Disintegration Dynamics in the Field of Border Control within the EU

Student: Tsaryova Tatyana

Supervisor: Timofey Bordachev

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: International Relations: European and Asian Studies (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

The work examined and analyzed the disintegration dynamics in the field of border control within the EU using the example of the migration crisis of 2015 and the COVID-19 pandemic. The migration crisis of 2015 brought border control to a new level not only by the member states, which actively use their right to temporarily restore internal borders, but also led to a new round in the development of a common European border control policy and the development of new mechanisms for its provision. After the migration crisis of 2015, in the context of overcoming its consequences, the development of a common EU immigration policy was accompanied by a deficit of solidarity and a shift towards national rather than common European interests. However, it brought border control to a new level not only by the member states, which actively use their right to temporarily restore internal borders, but also led to a new round in the development of a common European border control policy and the development of new mechanisms to ensure it. The fight of the EU (both the member states unilaterally and the EU as a whole) with the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences has confirmed the existing contradiction: for a timely and effective EU response to the crisis and challenges, it is necessary to concentrate more powers at the supranational level. EU members are ready. The COVID-19 pandemic has eroded European solidarity, and tackling the selfishness of member states has become one of Brussels' challenges amid the pandemic. The dynamics of the introduction of controls at internal borders has increased, which negatively affects the area of ​​EU border control and European integration in general. However, taking into account the actions of Brussels and the measures taken, we believe that the introduction of border controls within the EU as a means of countering the spread of the virus, in contrast to the actions of the member states during the migration crisis, was less chaotic and did not deal a tangible blow to the Schengen area, as evidenced by the desire of the EU countries to weaken and then lift control.

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