The European Union and illegal migration in the southern Mediterranean: the trap of competing policy concepts

Demmelhuber, Thomas

doi:10.1080/13642987.2011.570732

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“…The response by the EU and its member states remains patchy at best, or, as many would argue, hypocritical and unhelpful. Academics from a range of disciplines in the Global North and the Global South have been exploring the crisis and its responses, using a range of critical lenses: death at the border (Pécoud, 2020), border control and management (Jumbert, 2018), “humanitarian” or “rescue” response (Esperti, 2020), gender and migration (Freedman, 2016), surveillance and border security technologies (Dijstelbloem, 2015), border externalisation and out-sourcing of border control (Demmelhuber, 2011), and border spectacle (De Genova, 2013). Yet, inquires that look at the context of border management in the Mediterranean from the perspective of “small” EU states that are currently at the forefront of Fortress Europe – such as Malta, Cyprus, or Portugal - are not that common.…”

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Cetta Mainwaring, At Europe’s Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean

Milivojevic

2020

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Cetta Mainwaring, At Europe’s Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean

Milivojevic

2020

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Hindering Democracy Through Migration Policies? An Analysis of EU External Migration Policies’ Impacts on the Democratisation of Morocco

Faustini Torres

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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What are the impacts of the European Union’s (EU) external migration policies on the democratisation of Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs)? Even though democracy promotion is an important element of the EU’s external migration policies, there is little academic knowledge about their effects on SMCs’ democratisation. This chapter attempts to start uncovering their impact on this policy field by focusing on EU policy practices. The analysis is done in two stages: (1) by suggesting an innovative theoretical framework, and (2) by applying it to the case of Morocco, a paradigmatic case among SMCs. Focusing on the years between 2015 and 2020, the case study draws on a content analysis of a broad range of qualitative data, including policy documents, literature, reports, and press releases. The research finds that EU external migration policies are likely to have had a negative impact on Morocco’s democratisation trajectory, affecting the EU’s capacity and willingness to exert leverage in this country and working as a tool for Morocco’s autocratic resilience. This outcome would contradict the EU’s own narratives, confirming the existence of a wide and deep gap between EU discourses and actions in this field, further contributing to the “process of disillusionment” of the Barcelona Process.

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Politics of the Schengen/Dublin System: The Case of the European Migrant and Refugee Crisis

Lovec

2016

Border Politics

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The European Union and illegal migration in the southern Mediterranean: the trap of competing policy concepts

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Cetta Mainwaring, At Europe’s Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean

Cetta Mainwaring, At Europe’s Edge: Migration and Crisis in the Mediterranean

Hindering Democracy Through Migration Policies? An Analysis of EU External Migration Policies’ Impacts on the Democratisation of Morocco

Politics of the Schengen/Dublin System: The Case of the European Migrant and Refugee Crisis

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