Beyond Fortress Europe: instrumentalised migration management in Central and Eastern Europe
Much has been written about the nature and effects of the criminalisation, externalisation and securitisation of migration and its control in ‘Fortress Europe’. However, the dominance of the Fortress metaphor in scholarly debates obscures the complexity and diversity in migration management and powe...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Handbook on border criminology
Year: 2024, Pages: 155-170 |
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| Summary: | Much has been written about the nature and effects of the criminalisation, externalisation and securitisation of migration and its control in ‘Fortress Europe’. However, the dominance of the Fortress metaphor in scholarly debates obscures the complexity and diversity in migration management and power relations within and between the European Union (EU) and its neighbouring states. This chapter analyses the complex nature of EU border control within an increasingly tumultuous political landscape, with a focus on the recent Polish-Belarusian border crisis where Belarusian authorities were seen to deliberately orchestrate and facilitate irregular migration into the neighbouring EU countries of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. The Polish-Belarusian border crisis introduces new dimensions to our conceptualisation of migration and control, that is, how migration is leveraged as an integral component of broader geopolitical strategies and where it is instrumentalised as a geopolitical tool for diverse purposes. Drawing on literature from criminology and other disciplines, this chapter argues that the interaction between the EU’s criminal justice framework and strategies for controlling migration and Poland’s response to the crisis stands out as a pivotal point for comprehending migration management within a broader geopolitical context. In particular, we argue for the need for criminologists to move beyond the fortress metaphor towards a more nuanced understanding of the intricate interplay of geopolitics, policy decisions and on-the-ground practices in migration and contemporary border control that involves national, supranational or regional, and now geopolitical levels of causation. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 168-170 |
| ISBN: | 9781035307975 |
