Blue Banana Project and Its Influences on Irregular Migration in Europe

Abstract

Since 1945 Europe has experienced several waves of migration patterns both regular and irregular migration. Europe has thus become one of the most attractive destinations to migrants mostly from non-European continents. Migrants are motivated to settle in European nations in search of better living standards. Along with regular migration, Europe tends to experience a large flow of irregular migration. The main reason for this is the existence of the most developed nations in Europe and one such example is the presence of the European blue concept. The European Blue Banana is considered an urbanized corridor that includes most of the developed cities in Europe with wide economic opportunities. This research focuses to identify the pattern of irregular migration movements to Europe, how the development of the Blue Banana concept may impact Europe, and what European projects encouraged people in non-European continents to migrate to Europe. This paper was developed based on qualitative methodology and gained information through secondary sources. And this research will provide insight into how the development of the European Blue Banana concept influenced irregular migration in Europe.