New Narratives from the EU External Border - Humane Refoulement

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ID3948219
AutoresBastian A Vollmer (0000-0002-0328-3793, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume21
Fascículo3
Páginas717-741
Data de publicação2016-07-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2016.1154843
OpenAlexW2310220106
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12

This article discusses changes in the discourse and practice of the EU external border. Findings of a small-scale research project looking at UNHCR’S Border Management and Protection of Refugees (BMPR) programme will discuss developments taking place at the EU external border and will show a new kind of narrative. Institutional cooperation, access to territory and compliance with the principle of non-refoulement seem to have improved. A more empathetic narrative of border security has found its way into institutions of enforcement authorities that primarily follow their mandate of protecting the state’s border and territory. This new narrative is, however, highly politicized and institutionally driven. By taking a more critical view, I introduce the concept of humane refoulement towards the end of the article describing the consequences of this new narrative and denoting it as hypocritical in its nature

Border Security · Enforcement · Law and economics · Mandate · Narrative · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Computer Science · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy