Historical Developments Archive - Externalizing Asylum

Ausgelagertes Asyl im Spiegel der Geschichte des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems

by Ulrike Krause | Aug 12, 2024 | Historical Developments

Das Ruanda-Modell des externalisierten Asyls ist Ergebnis der Brexit-Konjunktur in Großbritannien. Aktuell erfährt es auch in migrationspolitischen Diskursen der EU Zuspruch. In diesem Beitrag legen wir dar, warum wir davon ausgehen, dass Modelle des ausgelagerten...

Moving beyond externalisation? Toward lawful cooperation on asylum

by Ulrike Krause | Aug 8, 2024 | Historical Developments, Migration Governance, Refugee Protection

As externalisation is back on the policy agenda in a number of regions around the world, it is timely to examine the definition of the concept, noting that it is not a legal term of art and does not appear in any international treaty. Moreover, it is crucial to...

Externalisation and Northern European Dreams of Avoiding Asylum Seekers

by Ulrike Krause | Jul 24, 2024 | Gender and Racism, Historical Developments, Migration Governance, Refugee Protection

In the 2020s, several European countries have witnessed the reactivation of policy ambitions to externalise parts or the entirety of asylum obligations beyond their national territory. This article explains the trajectory of such recent attempts by Danish and British...

Externalisation, “Asylum Ban” and the Future of Human Rights

by Ulrike Krause | Jul 23, 2024 | Gender and Racism, Historical Developments, Migration Governance, Refugee Protection

Externalisation of asylum and its related concept of “asylum ban” are some of the clearest manifestations of a retreat by Global North countries from their own “celebrated” commitment to international human rights standards. They are the most potent challenges to the...

The colonial history of refugee externalisation. Sending refugees to Rwanda was done before and exposes an imperial world-view

by Ulrike Krause | Jul 18, 2024 | Gender and Racism, Historical Developments, Migration Governance, Refugee Protection

Current discussions and recently failed plans to send refugees to Rwanda or other places outside Europe have historical antecedents. Among other places, the British imperial government even transferred refugees to Rwanda during the Second World War. This little-known...

From externalised asylum to refugee containment? Assessing the impact of EU-Mauritania migration cooperation on international protection prospects

by Ulrike Krause | Jul 6, 2024 | Historical Developments, Migration Governance, Refugee Protection

This year, the EU ramped up its efforts to prevent “irregular migration” from Mauritania to the Canary Islands. At the same time, an ongoing degradation of the security situation in north and central Mali has driven a sharp increase in the number of people seeking...