EU “refugee crisis”: Responses East and West and beyond
As part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series, the African Centre for Migration & Society presents a seminar by Branka Likic-Brboric who is an Associate Professor at REMESO (Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society), Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linkoping University. The presentation addresses the recent “refugee crisis” in the EU, diverging responses between “old” and “new” member states and subsequent streamlining towards deterrent migration policy, rising xenophobia and populism. Against the background of the development of the EU’s enlargement and migration policy, multiple gaps between policy goals and outcomes are identified, giving rise to anti-migration responses and challenging EU project in general. It is argued that the EU needs an institutional rebalancing in terms of an alternative that promotes European solidarities, social protection, "decent work" and a right-based mobility/migration regime. Biography Branka Likic-Brboric is Associate Professor at REMESO (Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society), Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linkoping University. Her research encompasses the following interconnected areas: 1) globalisation and the political economy of post-socialist transformations; 2) EU enlargement, informal economy, new migrations and the European Social Model; 3) global governance, migrants’ rights and "decent work"; 4) comparative studies on citizenship and immigrant integration. The combined research in these […]
