Fortress Europe?: Challenges and Failures of Migration and Asylum Policies

ISBN-13: 9783658170103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 188 str.

Annette Junemann; Nicolas Fromm; Nikolas Scherer

Opis

Europe seems to be neither willing nor capable to cope with the influx of refugees coming from MENA and Sub-Saharan countries. In discourse the problem is treated as a humanitarian crisis, in practice, however, refugees are treated primarily as a security problem. Current migration policies, that are a blow to the idea of Europe as a community of values, are starting point of the proposed book which, however, wants to dig deeper. Instead of looking through a European lens, we take a much wider perspective, including the root-causes of migration as well as migration policies within the MENA region. We want to identify the factors that explain why receiving countries are in many ways part of the problem of the sending countries.

Spis treści

Migration: Legal, economic and political determinants.- EU migration policies: An ambiguous picture of “Fortress Europe”.- Germany’s integration debate: Migration as a societal challenge.

O autorze

Dr. Annette Jünemann is Professor for Political Science and International Relations, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.

Nicolas Fromm is political consultant and PhD candidate, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.

Nikolas Scherer is political consultant and PhD candidate, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin.

Blurb

An unprecedented number of people is currently on the move seeking refuge in Europe. Large parts of European societies respond with anxiety and mistrust to the influx of people. Nationalist, anti-migrant parties from Slovakia over Germany to the UK have gained increasing support among the electorate and challenge the political mainstream. Europe is struggling how to respond. While the search for solutions is ongoing one pattern seems to be emerging: Fortress Europe is in the making. Unfortunately, few of these discussions and measures consider the structural root causes and dynamics of migration, the motives of migrants or societal challenges more thoroughly. This book seeks to address this deficit. Taking migration and asylum policies as a starting point, it analyses the various dimensions underpinning migration. In doing so, it identifies why receiving countries are in many ways part of the problem. To eschew an overtly Euro-centric perspective and stimulate a debate between science and politics, it contains contributions by academics and practitioners alike from both shores of the Mediterranean.

Target Groups

• Researchers and students in political science, International Relations, European Studies, Area Studies focusing on migration

• Policymakers on the regional, national and sub-national level

• Civil society actors working in the field of migration and integration 

The Editors

Dr. Annette Jünemann is Professor for Political Science and International Relations, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.

Nicolas Fromm is political consultant and PhD candidate, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.

Nikolas Scherer is political consultant and PhD candidate, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin.