Current aspects of the international cooperation between international organizations in the field of migration and asylum and its implications in Africa

• Author: Lorena M. Calvo Mariscal
• Profession: PhD Researcher, Assistant Lecturer in the Area of Public International Law and International Relations of the University of Cadiz
• Pages: 249-261

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CURRENT ASPECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIELD OF MIGRATION

AND ASYLUM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN

AFRICA

CURRENT ASPECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN...

L M. CALVO MARISCAL1

I. INTRODUCTION – II. COOPERATION RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNHCR,

THE IOM AND THE EU AFTER THE SO-CALLED REFUGEE CRISIS – 1. The

European Agenda on Migration of 2015 and the creation of a multipurpose centre in

Niger – 2. The European Union Trust Fund for Africa – 3. The creation of the Joint

EU-AU-UN Task Force – III. CONSEQUENCES IN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND

TRANSIT OF MIGRATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

– 1. Border control in Niger and the freedom of movement – 2. Voluntary repatriation

and returns - voluntariness and the principle of non-refoulement – 3. Refugee status

determination - access to a legal asylum procedure, legal remedy, effective protection

and resettlement – III. FINAL CONCLUSIONS.

ABSTRACT: In order to complement the studies on delocalisation and externalisation of

border control, immigration and asylum management by the EU and its Member States,

the aim of this paper is to analyse the cooperation of the EU with other International

Organisations with competences in the field of immigration and international protection

(UNHCR and IOM) to determine the possible effects they may have on African countries

such as Libya and Niger.

KEYWORDS: UNHCR, IOM, EU, international cooperation, migration, asylum, border

controls, externalisation.

1 PhD Researcher, Assistant Lecturer in the Area of Public International Law and International

Relations of the University of Cadiz. Researcher at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Migration

and Human Rights in Europe’s External Borders” (2017-2021). With the support of the Erasmus+

Programme of the European Union (587177-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-EPPJMO-CoE). Study carried out within

the framework of the Research Group “Centro de Estudios Internacionales y Europeos del Área del

Estrecho” -SEJ 572-, of the Andalusian Research Plan, whose Principal Investigator is Dr. Alejandro

del Valle Gálvez, Professor of International Public Law and International Relations at the University

of Cadiz.