TY - JOUR

T1 - Introduction

T2 - EU external migration policy and EU migration governance: introduction

AU - Niemann, Arne

AU - Zaun, Natascha

N1 - Funding Information: We are grateful to the anonymous reviewer, Paul Statham and the special issue contributors for their helpful comments on earlier drafts. In addition, we would like to thank Svenja Budde, Alexandra Bumcke and Charlotte Stüber for their competent research assistance. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - While the EU’s external migration policy arguably constitutes the most dynamic strand of EU migration policy, especially since the 2015/2016 asylum crisis in Europe, and while there is also a growing body of research on this dimension, more comprehensive, conceptually informed social science publications analysing this policy area in a more encompassing fashion are scarce. In an attempt to make progress on this front, this special issue focusses on four sets of issues: (1) conceptualising EU external migration policy; (2) identifying the drivers and conditioning factors of EU policy; (3) analysing interdependencies and interactions between different policy areas and instruments; and (4) tracing the influence and reactions of third country actors and non-European host countries of migration. After describing key developments and aspects of EU external migration policies over time and after reviewing the state of the art in research on EU external migration policy, the key contributions of the individual papers are identified and contextualised.

AB - While the EU’s external migration policy arguably constitutes the most dynamic strand of EU migration policy, especially since the 2015/2016 asylum crisis in Europe, and while there is also a growing body of research on this dimension, more comprehensive, conceptually informed social science publications analysing this policy area in a more encompassing fashion are scarce. In an attempt to make progress on this front, this special issue focusses on four sets of issues: (1) conceptualising EU external migration policy; (2) identifying the drivers and conditioning factors of EU policy; (3) analysing interdependencies and interactions between different policy areas and instruments; and (4) tracing the influence and reactions of third country actors and non-European host countries of migration. After describing key developments and aspects of EU external migration policies over time and after reviewing the state of the art in research on EU external migration policy, the key contributions of the individual papers are identified and contextualised.

KW - European Union

KW - external action

KW - migration governance

KW - migration policy

KW - remote control

KW - Politics

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U2 - 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2193710

DO - 10.1080/1369183X.2023.2193710

M3 - Other (editorial matter etc.)

AN - SCOPUS:85158080473

VL - 49

SP - 2965

EP - 2985

JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

SN - 1369-183X

IS - 12

ER -