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Migration, Borders, and the EU's Capacity to Act
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Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
Abstract This in-depth monitoring study assesses the EU's capacity to handle migration. Why does the European Union respond so badly to migration crises? And why does it repeatedly allow itself to be blackmailed by neighboring states which extract concessions in return for holding back migrants? The ongoing ... view more
This in-depth monitoring study assesses the EU's capacity to handle migration. Why does the European Union respond so badly to migration crises? And why does it repeatedly allow itself to be blackmailed by neighboring states which extract concessions in return for holding back migrants? The ongoing situation at the EU's border to Belarus is no isolated incident. It reveals vulnerabilities resulting directly from the way the EU regulates its borders and international migration. Over the past decade, a pattern has emerged: the more the EU tries to defend the Schengen Area, its passport-free travel zone, the more vulnerable it makes itself.... view less
Keywords
EU; migration; national border; capacity to act; world refugee problem; international relations; Schengen Agreement
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
European Politics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
49 p.
Series
DGAP Report, 24
ISSN
1866-9182
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0