№181: The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid
№181: The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid

Author(s): Jolanta Szymańska, Patryk Kugiel, Henriette U. Erstad, Morten Bøås
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, International relations/trade, Welfare systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: EU; migration; management; aid; role; external dimension;
Summary/Abstract: Aid is seen as a key EU instrument in addressing the root causes of migration, but it has not been decisive for the drastic reduction of irregular arrivals in Europe in recent years. Nevertheless, development assistance has become crucial leverage for the EU in persuading major transit countries to improve their border control. Although this “externalisation” of EU border management seems like a successful approach for now, it is not sustainable in the long term. The Union still needs to find better synergy between migration management and development policy that is not designed to stop migration but to manage and regulate it in a more mutually beneficial way

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