The EU hotspot approach in Italy: strengthening agency governance in the wake of the migration crisis?

Loschi, Chiara; Slominski, Peter

doi:10.1080/07036337.2022.2047186

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“…De hecho, la creación de nuevos equipos de agentes Frontex a cargo de lucha contra el tráfico de migrantes y de la seguridad fronteriza en 2023 constituye un avance hacia la "europeización" en el control de la migración, especialmente porque va a cuestionar la soberanía de los Estados miembros de la UE (Rea et al, 2006) 19 . Un enfoque centrado únicamente en la contención de la migración puede conducir al fracaso de las políticas en la materia (Paiano, 2022), y el ejemplo de Frontex en busca de más recursos debido a la cuestión de la migración mediterránea (Bernardot, 2022) plantea cuestiones sobre la gobernanza de la UE y la reconfiguración de la acción pública hacia una mayor "agencificación" (Berthelet, 2022) de las políticas migratorias europeas (Horii, 2018;Loschi y Slominski, 2022).…”

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De la “crisis de los migrantes” de 2015 a la gobernanza europea de las fronteras: el caso de las políticas de control y gestión de la migración irregular en Grecia

Kouloglou,

Hamzaoui

2024

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Como consecuencia de la llamada “crisis de los migrantes”, que alcanzó su punto álgido durante 2015, las fronteras exteriores de la Unión Europea parecen encontrarse en una situación sin precedentes, o al menos histórica. Los flujos migratorios derivados de los diversos conflictos y situaciones de inestabilidad política en Oriente Próximo y Oriente Medio hicieron que cobrara especial relevancia la cuestión del tráfico ilícito de migrantes. Desde 2016, esto se ha manifestado en la creación de nuevas instituciones especializadas, como el European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), pero también en la intensificación del papel y la participación de Europol y Frontex en este ámbito. Así, más allá de la escasez de elementos que permitan finalmente objetivar los efectos de estas políticas públicas sobre el control de la migración irregular, sentamos las bases para un análisis de los efectos políticos del control migratorio sobre la acción pública y el modelo de gobernanza que esta vehicula y sustenta. En esta propuesta argumentamos que dicha “crisis” pone de relieve, de un modo sin precedentes, los vínculos que existen entre las políticas de inmigración y de seguridad, y, al hacerlo, explica la inexistencia de mecanismos de emergencia para la gestión de la migración irregular. En efecto, centrándonos en el caso de Grecia –país emblemáticamente afectado por esta “crisis”– demostraremos que, si bien logran reducir los flujos migratorios irregulares, resultan ineficaces para eliminar las redes de contrabando, y que las políticas de contrabando de migrantes de la Unión Europea revelan la incesante reconfiguración del ejercicio de la soberanía política, al profundizar las lógicas y dinámicas de externalización del control fronterizo. La propuesta se basará en entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas en 2022 y principios de 2023 a actores griegos y europeos de alto nivel de la policía nacional, la guardia costera, Europol y Frontex.

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De la “crisis de los migrantes” de 2015 a la gobernanza europea de las fronteras: el caso de las políticas de control y gestión de la migración irregular en Grecia

Kouloglou,

Hamzaoui

2024

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“…The hotspot approach has been one of the key EU responses to the 2015 migration crisis (20). In the pandemic period, hotspots were areas with a high risk of COVID-19 transmission.…”

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Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots

Pomara

Zappalà

Salerno

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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This study aims to assess the situation of Italian hotspots for migrant reception during the COVID-19 pandemic, and specifically analyzing the situation of two hotspots located in the Sicily Region (Pozzallo harbor and Lampedusa Island), to identify critical issues. At the same time, we hypothesize solutions to guarantee the respect of human rights and suggest an operational protocol to be applied in similar situations, considering that the migration phenomenon is increasing and involving new geographical areas. Based on data obtained through the site inspections, the facilities of Pozzallo and Lampedusa exceeded their capacity to adequately contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Considering these findings, we suggest a practical workflow summarizing the main actions that should be applied to contain COVID-19, or other infectious disease, spreading in hotspots for migrants. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants has received limited attention, although the migration phenomenon did not slow down during the pandemic period. Regarding the risk of spreading infectious diseases such as COVID-19, it is necessary that those countries who are most exposed to migration flows, such as Italy, plan dedicated strategies to minimize the possibility of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, using adequate protocols to monitor the possible insurgence of variants of interest (VOIs) or variants of concern (VOCs). Finally, it is important to state that these suggestions could be applied in any future pandemics.

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“…Bu düşünceden hareketle bu çalışmada, İtalya ve Yunanistan'da oluşturulan sıcak nokta kamplarındaki mevcut fiziksel şartlar ve uygulamalar üzerinden, akademik anlamda çok az ilgi gören sıcak nokta yaklaşımının (Loschi ve Slominski, 2022:2) göçmenlerin insan haklarının korunması bakımından ortaya çıkardığı durum genel olarak uluslararası insan hakları hukukunu şekillendiren etik değerlerle karakterize olan normatif insan hakları çerçevesinde ele alınmaktadır. Bahsedilen normatif çerçeve Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Avrupa Birliği Temel Haklar Şartı gibi uluslararası hukuk belgeleri ile güçlendirilmiş olan genel uluslararası insan hakları normlarını ifade eder.…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

Ab Göç Yöneti̇şi̇mi̇nde Bi̇r İnsan Haklari Problemi̇ Olarak “Sicak Nokta Yaklaşimi"

ÇIKRIKÇI

2022

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The "border control" and "refoulement" policies implemented in the face of human mobility towards Europe after the Arab Spring point to a move away from immigrant focus and constitute the body of EU migration governance. These policies are at the center of the criticisms directed to the EU on this topic. As an extension of these policies, certain processing centers have been established in Greece and Italy, into which immigrants are heavily entering, to identify the newly arrived immigrants and to evaluate their asylum applications by taking their fingerprints with the "hotspot approach" included in the European Agenda on Migration in April 2015. The afore-mentioned criticisms have intensified as migrants are kept under poor conditions in these centers, and are often deprived of their right to asylum. In this study, which has been constituted based on the data from the related governments and nongovernmental organizations and the hotspots in Greece and Italy, as of dramatic examples in this concept, 'the hotspot approach' which is used as an externalization tool in migration governance is discussed in the frame of normative human rights and asserted as one of the most crucial setbacks in EU migration governance.

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The EU hotspot approach in Italy: strengthening agency governance in the wake of the migration crisis?

Cited by 6 publications

References 48 publications

De la “crisis de los migrantes” de 2015 a la gobernanza europea de las fronteras: el caso de las políticas de control y gestión de la migración irregular en Grecia

De la “crisis de los migrantes” de 2015 a la gobernanza europea de las fronteras: el caso de las políticas de control y gestión de la migración irregular en Grecia

Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots

Ab Göç Yöneti̇şi̇mi̇nde Bi̇r İnsan Haklari Problemi̇ Olarak “Sicak Nokta Yaklaşimi"

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