Mariana Gkliati

The article explores the failures of EU externalisation policies in managing migration. The study highlights the limitations of externalisation practices in reducing migrant arrivals and dismantling smuggling operations. It delves into the structural biases and Eurocentrism embedded in these policies, leading to unequal power dynamics and resistance from third countries. By analysing factors such as […]

Nadine Biehler

Raphael Bossong

David Kipp

Anne Koch

Nadine Biehler, Raphael Bossong, David Kipp und Anne Koch, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) In vielen europäischen Ländern steigt sowohl die Zahl der Asylanträge als auch die Unterstützung für rechtspopulistische Parteien weiter an. Initiativen wie der britische Ruanda-Plan der noch amtierenden britischen Regierung und das Abkommen der italienischen Regierung mit Albanien sind zu einem Fixpunkt […]

Nora Milch

In Spring 2024, Lebanon joined a number of countries that have agreed to EU financial aid in return for containing migration towards Europe. This paper offers some initial reflection on the implications of bringing Lebanon on board to implement the EU’s externalization agenda. Looking at the discussions that have followed the aid announcement in Lebanon, […]

Pauline Endres de Oliveira

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit den rechtlichen Grenzen der Auslagerung von Asylverfahren an Drittstaaten und nimmt dabei Modelle in den Blick, die die aktuelle politische Debatte prägen. Nach einem Überblick über den Stand der Debatte (A.), diskutiert der Beitrag am Beispiel der territorialen Auslagerung von Asylverfahren, unter Berücksichtigung des sog. „Albanien-Modells“ (B.), sowie der Ausweitung […]

Adel-Naim Reyhani

This article presents a framework for analyzing externalization arrangements informed by insights from studying the rightlessness of refugees. It reflects on the parameters, conceptual underpinnings, and methodological implications of categorizing externalization arrangements according to the extent to which they de facto and de jure restrict or extend access to asylum. Overall, it thereby highlights the […]

Gamze Ovacık

EU-Turkey cooperation in the field of asylum and migration gained increased importance as the influx from Syria reached European shores in 2015. With the purpose of preventing arrivals to Europe couple with an important financial assistance component, EU-Turkey cooperation became a model for the EU policies for externalization of migration control. Building on extensive fieldwork […]

Bernd Parusel

The recently adopted reform of the Common European Asylum System marks the end of a laborious legislative process over several years, but also has also given renewed political impetus to actions in what is often called the “external dimension” of EU migration policy. This essay critically reviews how this dimension of the EU’s migration and […]

Liliana Lyra Jubilut

Flávia Oliveira Ribeiro

This paper seeks to debate whether humanitarian visas can be considered a form of externalization, as they represent the use of visa policy as a means of externalizing border control. The analysis focuses on Brazil’s policies and practices of humanitarian visas, beginning with the response to persons from Haiti, extending to those affected by the […]