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What are the underlying reasons for the differing treatment of Ukrainian and Syrian refugees in Europe identifiable in the debates within the European Parliament?
Haack, Simon B. (2023) What are the underlying reasons for the differing treatment of Ukrainian and Syrian refugees in Europe identifiable in the debates within the European Parliament?
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| Abstract: | Migration is and has been a highly topical issue within the EU over the last years and will remain so in the near future. In this regard, it is interesting to note that the EU’s reaction to immigration from different countries has been markedly different throughout the last years. This thesis aims at tracing the reasons for these differing reactions through a qualitative content analysis of the debates held on refugees from Syria and Ukraine within the European Parliament. It is able to show that geopolitical considerations have played a major role in shaping the reaction to Ukrainian refugees while they have virtually not played a role in the reaction to Syrian refugees. Here, discrimination on the ethnic and religious background as well as a strong securitization of the issue of Syrian immigration have played an important role in the discourse of the European Parliament. Finally, even though a perceived failure of EU migration policy was noticed years ago, this thesis was not able to show that any relevant policy learning processes have taken place as EU migration policies in general have experienced a year-long standstill despite the outstanding reaction to Ukrainian refugees. Overall, it can thus be concluded that discrimination and geopolitical considerations seem to be more relevant factors in designing EU migration policies than learning from past experience. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | European Studies MSc (69303) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/97241 |
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