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Debordering and re-bordering in the refugee crisis : a case of 'defensive integration'
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1350-1763; 1466-442
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Journal of European public policy, 2021, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 331-349
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KRIESI, Hanspeter, ALTIPARMAKIS, Argyrios, BOJAR, Abel, OANA, Ioana-Elena, Debordering and re-bordering in the refugee crisis : a case of ‘defensive integration’, Journal of European public policy, 2021, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 331-349 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/77568
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We present the reaction of the EU and eight member states to the refugee crisis 2015/16 as a case of ‘defensive integration’. In the absence of a joint EU solution, the member states were left to their own devices and took a series of national measures that varied from one country to the other, depending on their policy heritage, and the combination of problem pressure and political pressure which they were facing. As a result, debordering responses prevailed at first. Only in a second stage a set of national and EU measures aiming at internal and external re-bordering were introduced. At this stage, destination states proved to be the most important drivers of a joint solution, with Germany taking the lead. The overall outcome is an example of ‘defensive integration’, aiming squarely at joint solutions to stop the refugee flow outside the EU but not to manage it inside the EU.
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Published online: 11 February 2021
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This research was supported by the project SOLID: 'Policy Crisis and Crisis Politics, Sovereignty, Solidarity and Identity in the EU Post-2008' financed by the European Research Council under the grant agreement 810356 (ERC-2018-SYG). Hanspeter Kriesi was also supported within the framework of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics(HSE).