EU MIGRATION EXTERNALIZATION
7. 11. 2024, Michal LARYS, Štěpán MATEK
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key information first article second article vocabulary discussion questions
key information
• What is migration externalisation?
• Italy-Albania Deal
• Change in the EU approach to migration
• Unhappy EU Parliament
New Pact on Migration
and Asylum
#HigrationEU
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Von der Leyen to ask EU leaders to explore using 'return hubs' for migrants
The Guardian
externalization of return policy
shifting discourse around immigration
example of Italy-Albania deal backlash from her coalition
agreement of the leaders
bias
ursuiavonderLeyen   Von der Leyen to ask EU leaders to
explore using 'return hubs' for migrants
European Commission president cites Italy-Albania deal as possible model for reducing irregular arrivals to Europe
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Angela Giuffrida in
Rome
Tue 15 Oct 2024 19.47 CEST
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a The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, is meeting EU national leaders this week to discuss migration. Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for an exploration of "return hubs" outside the EU in a letter to the bloc's national leaders on irregular migration, citing a deal between Italy and Albania as a possible model.
EU leaders are to meet on Thursday and Friday for a summit on migration as the commission has said it will propose new measures.
Irregular migrants and asylum seekers arriving in Europe last year numbered less than a third of the l million people arriving in 2015 but it remains a very sensitive topic, influencing elections in most European countries and increasing far-right voter sentiment.
Germany, wary of a public opinion backlash against irregular migration before elections next September, has introduced border controls with all its neighbours, suspending the freedom of the passport-free Schengen zone. France, Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Italy and Slovenia have also introduced border checks.
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The Migration Folly of Meloni and the EU
• Barcelona centre for international affairs (CI DOB)
• „four follies of the policy"
• cost
• legality
• effectiveness
• results
• what is the real goal of the policy?
• bias
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The Migration Folly of Meloni and the EU
The asylum seekers processing centre that the Italian government has recently opened in Albania is economically costly, legally controversial, ineffective, and doubtful in terms of results. Nevertheless, not only does Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni intend to forge ahead with the project, but most EU member states are watching attentively in the hope that this might be a model to follow. Why is there so much interest in this strategy when it already seems doomed to failure?
This article has been published in the daily ARA.
First it was the United Kingdom of former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with its asylum seekers
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vocabulary
externalization
repatriation
hawkish
deterrence
refoulement
Do you think it's acceptable to externalize applicants? What about deportees?
When dealing with migration, should EU countries cooperate, or should the asylum policy be left to the states?
What are the risks of processing asylum externally?
If a country is considered "partially safe", is that enough to repatriate asylum seekers?
Garces, B. (2024, October). The Migration Folly of Meloni and the EU. CIDOB. https://www.cidob.orq/en/publications/miqration4olly-nrieloni-ancl-eu
Rankin, J., & Giuffrida, A. (2024, October 15). Von der Leyen to ask EU leaders to explore using 'return hubs' for migrants. The Guardian, https:// www.thequardian.com/world/2024/oct/15/ursual-von-der-leyen-to-ask-eu-leaders-to-explore-usinq-return-hubs-for-migrants
RFI. (2024, October 18). EU leaders embrace foreign "return centres" to counter illegal migration. Radio France International, https://www.rfi.fr/en/ international/20241018-eu-leaders-embrace-foreiqn-return-centres-to-counter-illegal-migration