Fortress Europe?

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. The kaleidoscope of migration

   • Annette Jünemann, Nicolas Fromm, Nikolas Scherer

   Pages 1-7

3. Migration: Legal, economic and political determinants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Challenging established categories and exploring intersections

      • Parastou Hassouri

      Pages 11-22

   3. Pourquoi part-on de façon irrégulière d’Afrique?

      • Mehdi Lahlou

      Pages 23-33

   4. Root causes and changing patterns of migration in the Mediterranean

      • Ummuhan Bardak

      Pages 35-50

   5. The politics of Egyptian regional migration

      • Gerasimos Tsourapas

      Pages 51-69

4. EU migration policies: An ambiguous picture of “Fortress Europe”

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Comprehensive crisis management

      • Michael Köhler

      Pages 73-82

   3. When Interior Ministers play diplomats

      • Jan Claudius Völkel

      Pages 83-103

   4. Droits de l’homme et migration dans les relations euro-méditerranéennes

      • Catherine Teule

      Pages 105-120

5. Germany’s integration debate: Migration as a societal challenge

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Ambivalent Germany

      • Naika Foroutan

      Pages 123-138

   3. Reassessing the opinion–policy gap

      • Hannes Schammann

      Pages 139-158

   4. ‘I am not a racist, but …’

      • Jana Sinram

      Pages 159-165

   5. Emotions matter

      • Annette Jünemann

      Pages 167-183

6. Back Matter

   Pages 185-188

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An unprecedented number of people is currently on the move seeking refuge in Europe. Large parts of European societies respond with anxiety and mistrust to the influx of people. Nationalist, anti-migrant parties from Slovakia over Germany to the UK have gained increasing support among the electorate and challenge the political mainstream. Europe is struggling how to respond. While the search for solutions is ongoing one pattern seems to be emerging: Fortress Europe is in the making. Unfortunately, few of these discussions and measures consider the structural root causes and dynamics of migration, the motives of migrants or societal challenges more thoroughly. This book seeks to address this deficit. Taking migration and asylum policies as a starting point, it analyses the various dimensions underpinning migration. In doing so, it identifies why receiving countries are in many ways part of the problem. To eschew an overtly Euro-centric perspective and stimulate a debate between science and politics, it contains contributions by academics and practitioners alike from both shores of the Mediterranean.

• Integration
• EuroMed
• European Union
• Germany
• Middle East
• North Africa

• Helmut Schmidt University , Hamburg, Germany

  Annette Jünemann, Nicolas Fromm

• Hertie School of Governance , Berlin, Germany

  Nikolas Scherer

Dr. Annette Jünemann is Professor for Political Science and International Relations, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.
Nicolas Fromm is political consultant and PhD candidate, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg.
Nikolas Scherer is political consultant and PhD candidate, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin.

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