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Border security, camps, quotas: the future of European refugee policy?
Grenzsicherung, Lager, Kontingente: die Zukunft des europäischen Flüchtlingsschutzes?
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Abstract On 18 March 2016, the EU member states and Turkey concluded an agreement on the return of persons having arrived in Greece irregularly – in the hope of reducing the number of irregular migrants coming into the EU. After months of member states being unable to find a common response to the rising num... view more
On 18 March 2016, the EU member states and Turkey concluded an agreement on the return of persons having arrived in Greece irregularly – in the hope of reducing the number of irregular migrants coming into the EU. After months of member states being unable to find a common response to the rising numbers of new arrivals, the agreement is considered a breakthrough by many observers. In fact, the agreement stands for a broader shift in EU refugee policy, which now focuses on the themes of border security, camps and quotas. This goes along with a reorientation from the previously prevalent individual asylum application towards a system where groups of refugees are accepted voluntarily (resettlement). This trend carries serious risks for refugee protection globally. At the same time, however, new forms of cooperation are taking shape that could strengthen the EU asylum system. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
EU; refugee; asylum seeker; policy on refugees; asylum policy; conflict of interest; Turkey; international agreement; border protection; control; deportation; human rights
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
European Politics
Free Keywords
Flüchtlingslager
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
7 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 32/2016
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications