Bernd Kasparek

Vassilis S. Tsianos

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 Asyls nicht in der Lage sein werden, die langanhaltende Krise des europäischen Migrations- und Grenzregimes zu beenden. Dies demonstrieren wir […]

Madeline Garlick

Nikolas Feith Tan

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 understand the international legal frameworks within […]

Christiane Fröhlich

Lea Müller-Funk

European discourses on migration have historically been dominated by a crisis narrative, often centred around the influx of non-EU migrants. This Eurocentric perspective has led to policies focusing on externalising border control through agreements with neighbouring non-EU countries, such as the EU-Turkey Deal in 2016 and proposed ‘disembarkation platforms’ in North Africa in 2018. This […]

Lena Riemer

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die umfangreichen Maßnahmen, die von den Vereinigten Staaten sowohl intern als auch extern zur Kontrolle und Abschreckung von Migration umgesetzt wurden. Intern analysiert er die Politiken der Trump- und Biden-Regierungen, wobei die Militarisierung der Grenze, die Zunahme von Inhaftierungen und der Abbau von Asylschutz hervorgehoben werden. Extern wird die Nutzung von Externalisierungsstrategien […]

Lena Riemer

This contribution examines the extensive measures implemented by the United States to control and deter migration both internally and externally. Internally, it analyzes the policies of the Trump and Biden administrations, highlighting the militarization of the border, increased detention, and the erosion of asylum protections. Externally, it explores the U.S.’s use of externalization strategies, such […]

Cathrine Talleraas

This analysis delves into the web of actors and processes involved in implementing migration policy in Ghana. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with practitioners and bureaucrats, I uncover the political tensions that emerge at the intersection between externally driven policies and local realities. It becomes clear that institutional power hierarchies and funding structures influence the on-the-ground […]

Martin Lemberg-Pedersen

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 governments, the controversy surrounding them, and the ways in which these attempts are linked to the […]

Daniel Mekonnen

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 modern conception of human rights, originating from least suspected quarters that claim to have […]