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Why the European Commission’s ‘pragmatic’ approach to asylum is not enough: Re-imagining solidarity as a new form of conducting regional politics

Karageorgiou, Eleni LU (2023) In Global Europe: Legal and Policy Issues of the EU’s External Action Book Series p.163-163
Abstract
The failure of the EU and its Member States to adequately respond to increased refugee movements since 2015, has caused disagreement on how the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility should be given effect in the context of a reformed European policy on migration. In September 2020, the
European Commission proposed the new Pact on Migration and Asylum which was meant to promote a new pragmatic approach to solidarity for achieving ‘a fair, workable and sustainable EU migration system’. This chapter seeks to interrogate this new approach to solidarity with a view to establishing the
extent to which it provides a viable remedy to current and future challenges for refugee protection in Europe. The main proposition... (More)
The failure of the EU and its Member States to adequately respond to increased refugee movements since 2015, has caused disagreement on how the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility should be given effect in the context of a reformed European policy on migration. In September 2020, the
European Commission proposed the new Pact on Migration and Asylum which was meant to promote a new pragmatic approach to solidarity for achieving ‘a fair, workable and sustainable EU migration system’. This chapter seeks to interrogate this new approach to solidarity with a view to establishing the
extent to which it provides a viable remedy to current and future challenges for refugee protection in Europe. The main proposition is that the conception of pragmatism promoted in the Pact emphasizes excessive formalism through calculative rules and complex procedures sidestepping questions of political
organization, community and belonging that solidarity has squarely brought to the table in 2015. A reimagining of solidarity in the CEAS as particular form of conducting regional and global politics is suggested as the way forward. (Less)
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Migration law, Public international law, Migrationsrätt, Folkrätt
host publication
The Principle of Solidarity: International and EU Law Perspectives
series title
Global Europe: Legal and Policy Issues of the EU’s External Action Book Series
editor
Kassoti, Eva and Idriz, Narin
pages
179 pages
publisher
T.M.C. Asser Press
ISBN
978-94-6265-574-4
978-94-6265-575-1
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English
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yes
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2023-11-14 15:59:05
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  author       = {{Karageorgiou, Eleni}},
  booktitle    = {{The Principle of Solidarity: International and EU Law Perspectives}},
  editor       = {{Kassoti, Eva and Idriz, Narin}},
  isbn         = {{978-94-6265-574-4}},
  keywords     = {{Migration law; Public international law; Migrationsrätt; Folkrätt}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{163--163}},
  publisher    = {{T.M.C. Asser Press}},
  series       = {{Global Europe: Legal and Policy Issues of the EU’s External Action Book Series}},
  title        = {{Why the European Commission’s ‘pragmatic’ approach to asylum is not enough: Re-imagining solidarity as a new form of conducting regional politics}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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