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If Russia Uses Migration as a Weapon, Europeans Should Respond in Kind
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Abstract Around 442,000 people have so far fled Ukraine - not just to the EU, but also to neighbors like Moldova. This is a humanitarian issue, and should not be conflated with "migrant instrumentalization" (MI), whereby a state pushes people across a border to coerce the EU to change position. Yet Russia is... view more
Around 442,000 people have so far fled Ukraine - not just to the EU, but also to neighbors like Moldova. This is a humanitarian issue, and should not be conflated with "migrant instrumentalization" (MI), whereby a state pushes people across a border to coerce the EU to change position. Yet Russia is likely to employ MI in this way, especially if it moves deep into Western Ukraine. Drawing on an in-depth study, we show how the EU can meet this specific threat.... view less
Keywords
Russia; Ukraine; EU; refugee; migration; instrumentalization; threat
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
9 p.
Series
DGAP Policy Brief, 6
ISSN
2198-5936
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0