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Human Rights across Borders? : EU Extraterritorial Migration Governance and the EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum

Klostermann, Mattea (2022) Human Rights across Borders? : EU Extraterritorial Migration Governance and the EU New Pact on Migration and Asylum.

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Abstract:In the area of EU migration policy, scholars have noticed an increasing trend toward externalization of migration governance, which generally means a phenomenon in which actors like the EU, cooperate with third countries in an effort to keep migrants from entering their jurisdiction. These cooperations are happening at the expense of the (human) rights of migrants and asylum seekers which stands contrary to the EU placing human rights not only at the core of its legal acquis but also promoting them in a larger, international context. The Commission's New Pact on Migration and Asylum (2020) proposes a paradigm change in the cooperation with third countries. This thesis examines to what extent the New Pact on Migration and Asylum addresses the human rights of third-country nationals in the context of Extraterritorial Migration Governance by following a hermeneutic approach to a literature-informed analysis of the relevant policy documents. The analysis finds that while extraterritorial migration governance is not necessarily inconsistent with human rights, the examined EU cooperations do violate the EU’s human rights obligations. It further can be concluded, that the New Pact does not adequately address this situation and therefore fails to provide the self-proclaimed fresh start.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Programme:Management Society and Technology BSc (56654)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91873
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