The perspectives of implementation in migration policies : an introduction

Abstract

Migration has become increasingly politicized across Europe. The politicization of migration has spread from the ‘old’ immigration countries of Northwestern Europe to ‘new’ migration countries in Southern Europe, and to the few countries that had thus far remained exempt – such as Sweden, where after years of a relatively bipartisan approach to migration a far-right xenophobic party has entered Parliament in 2010. Even in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe which still see low levels of immigration, migration has become highly politicized in a paradoxical reaction to the great European refugee reception crisis started in 2015.