%0 Journal Article
%T Migrants at the gates: the external dimension of the EU¡¯s migration policy in the South Mediterranean
%A Valentina Dimulescu
%J Interdisciplinary Political Studies
%D 2011
%I 
%X The issue of irregular migration from the South Mediterranean has grown in importance since the Arab Spring. In addition, calls from a number of Member States to reconsider the Schengen agreement have triggered a serious institutional debate over one of the basic European rights: free movement. These debates partly coincided with the institutional and policy changes brought by the enforcement of the Lisbon Treaty, which has modified the EU¡¯s external action.
%U http://www.idps.unisi.it/file_download/25/IDPS_Vol1_issue2_a04_V.Dimulescu.pdf