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Capturing “the crimmigrant”: Empirical evidence of crimmigration in the digitalization of EU migration management
Hafner, L.C. (2023) Capturing “the crimmigrant”: Empirical evidence of crimmigration in the digitalization of EU migration management.
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| Abstract: | Literature suggests the growing intertwinement of migration control and crime control, which is described by the term crimmigration. However, studies analyzing the policy design of digital tools for empirical evidence of crimmigration are still lacking. To answer the research question “To what extent is digitalization amplifying crimmigration in EU migration management?”, the thesis conducts a single case study of the EURODAC database, a central digital tool in EU migration management. Using content analysis, the initial EURODAC policy, its current regulation, the 2016 proposal as well as the 2020 proposal are analyzed for empirical evidence of crimmigration along the lines of five policy elements. The findings reveal an increase of elements of crimmigration in the policy. Here, crimmigration is both cause and consequence of the changes to EURODAC. On the one hand, the continuous extension of purpose shows the connection of migration management to objectives of crime control, and security and risk assessment. On the other hand, agents connecting migration control and crime control are increasingly present in the maintenance and usage of the database. Sanctions and force are employed to ensure the collection of data. Thus, digitalization leads to an increasingly seamless merge of crime control and migration control. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 10 humanities in general, 70 social sciences in general, 88 social and public administration, 89 political science |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96089 |
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