‘Unwanted’: The criminalisation of migration in the EU and the influence of deterrent migration policies on the aspirations for European immigration
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2022-08-26
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International migration has increasingly been regarded to as a security issue in the European Union in the last two decades. To combat this perceived security threat and to keep maximum sovereignty over immigration policies, EU Member States have increasingly incorporated aspects of criminal law into their migration laws. This process is called the criminalisation of migration. Through this process criminal sanctions are used for migration offences. In addition, the quality of international protection declines in a race to the bottom to provide the bare minimum to not appear attractive for immigrants relative to other Member States. According to analyse of data from Ukraine, Morocco, Turkey and Senegal the perceptions of how a potential migrant is treated in the EU does influence their migration aspiration. Many other more important factors influence this decision, with the country of origin being the most influential predictor. This reaffirms the importance of the local socio-economic context in the migration decision-making process among potential migrants.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen