THE POSTWAR REFUGEE CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 156-175
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The Future

Migrants help keep Central European populists in power

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central European ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

Subject Populists' exploitation of the refugee crisis in Central Europe. Significance Support for populist parties has risen after last year's refugee crisis across the EU, but nowhere have they been as successful as in Central Europe (CE). Peddling migrant fears has secured the re-election of Robert Fico's Smer (Slovakia) and the revival of Viktor Orban's Fidesz (Hungary) from a post-election popularity slump. On the back of the migration tide, populists are transforming CE's political trajectory. Impacts A united CE front will gain prominence at the EU, stoking tensions with Berlin on migration policy and the future of EU integration. The strengthened legitimacy of illiberal positions on migration will foster the emergence of imitators elsewhere in Europe. The chance of an EU-level, long-term solution to the refugee crisis will remain slim in the medium term.

scholarly journals EU Refugee Crisis: A Stumbling Block to the Process of European Integration?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionysios Stivas
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Eu Integration ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

Currently, the European Union (EU) is dealing with an unprecedented refugee crisis which has been blamed for bringing the process of the EU integration to an impasse. By applying theories of European (dis)integration, this paper assesses the extent to which the current refugee crisis constitutes an impediment to the future of the European Union. This paper’s analysis is constructed around two hypotheses: (1) the refugee crisis triggered Brexit and the failure of the EU’s relocation scheme, symptoms of the EU’s disintegration; (2) the refugee crisis has a dual potential: to simultaneously promote the deeper integration and the disintegration of the EU. To test these hypotheses, this paper examines if and how the refugee crisis is related to Brexit and whether the rebellious reaction of certain EU member states to the implementation of the EU relocation scheme is a sign of reversal in the process of EU integration.

Europas vergessene Visionäre

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Banking Crisis ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Eurozone Crisis ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Outstanding Work

A united Europe needs new visions to take it forward. This is even more relevant in times of acute crises, such as the financial and banking crisis, the eurozone crisis or the refugee crisis, and in times of other events which threaten solidarity in Europe, such as Brexit. In his book ‘Europas vergessene Visionäre’ (Europe’s forgotten Visionaries), Winfried Böttcher reveals how visions once arose. This outstanding work brings together important European thinkers with great visions for Europe who have been unfairly forgotten. In doing so, it builds on Böttcher’s successful standard reference work ‘Klassiker des europäischen Denkens’ (Quintessential Figures in European Thinking). Just like quintessential thinkers, visionaries also contribute to validating the past and the present and to shaping the future. In this book, 25 eminent authors from 18 universities and academic institutions focus on these ‘forgotten’ visionaries for Europe from 13 countries. They reveal to us how different visions can be in depicting the future.

scholarly journals Challenges and difficulties of translation and interpreting in the migration and refugee crisis in Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-170
Author(s):  
Elke Cases Berbel
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
German Government ◽  
The Future ◽  
Translation Services ◽  
Migration Crisis

AbstractThis article presents a comprehensive analysis of the role that interpreters and translators of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge [Bamf]) played during the 2015–2016 migration crisis in Germany along with the improvements made by the German Ministry of the Interior. To this end, we first investigated all the occasions when a refugee needs interpreting and translation services. We then present the requirements to be a Bamf interpreter/translator as well as their working conditions. In addition, we offer research into all the working tools that the German Government has made available to these interpreters/translators, so they can get a comprehensive training in the profession of community interpreter, one of the most demanding branches of interpreting and translation services. Finally, we have summarized the challenges that, in our opinion, Germany faces for the future in order to achieve a better quality in their interpretation and translation services.

“We Can Do This”: Merkel, Migration and the Fantasy of Control

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maja Zehfuss
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Refugee Policy ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The Future ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
Political Imaginary

Abstract At the height of the so-called 2015 refugee crisis, Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is thought to have opened the country's borders to a million refugees. She was celebrated as an international leader and the refugees’ savior, while the country was seen as having a welcome culture. Retrospectively, however, her refugee policy is construed as a mistake. Both interpretations agree that Merkel opened the border. Deploying a detailed reading of events, this article asks what political imaginary is invoked through this representation and what its consequences are. It draws out how paying attention to temporality reveals the racialization involved in producing the problem. First, the article sets out the centrality of Merkel and the border opening to accounts of the events, drawing out the temporality of events and its implications. Second, it asks what it means to say that the border was opened, complicating this representation. Finally, it shows how the focus on the border opening invoked a political imaginary marked by a fantasy of control that obscures its own exclusions. Recognizing bordering as about control over the temporality of community alerts us to how the impossible desire to control the future racializes those seeking refuge.

scholarly journals The Future of Refugee and Displaced People: A Post Covid-19 Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
A N M Zakir Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Adverse Effect ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Displaced People ◽  
The Government

The article observes the current changes of the refugee crisis after the effect of COVID 19 that can lead to a growing crisis of more than 79.5 million refugee and displaced people across the world. The study aims to examine the prevailing and forthcoming challenges of refugees and displaced people. A systematic review was followed to conduct the study and articles were selected based on their inclusion criteria. There is a growing need to understand the refugee crisis coupled with the necessity to design practical resolutions. The study found institutional and financial support are the main drivers for the refugee management in their distress voyage. These are challenged due to the adverse effect of the COVID 19 epidemic and the current downturn of the world economy. The study tries to stress the array of institutions that are working on the support for the refugees and displaced people that are challenging and can result in a crisis in the future. The paper concludes with an argument about the changing scenario of policies for migration which are restricting and changing due to the existing pandemic which demands synergistic performance within the government to manage the crisis.

(Un)dignified migration: Representations of the refugee in Helon Habila’s Travellers

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-151
Author(s):  
Lena Englund
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Personal History ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Inherent Part

This article analyses images of the refugee in the novel Travellers (2019) by Helon Habila and examines their connection to dignity and personal history. Travellers captures the complex and intricate situations of refugees and migrants in Europe, providing insights about urgent social issues such as inequality, racism and discrimination. The novel also raises questions relating to human rights discourses and how they connect with personal history. While Travellers does not explicitly deal with the refugee crisis in 2015, during which about 1 million people sought asylum in Europe, it does address the situation of thousands of people trying to enter Europe for a variety of reasons and in different contexts. The theoretical framework is partly built around the concept of postmigration which attempts to go beyond seeing the migrant as the perpetual other and to advocate views of migration as an inherent part of society. The analysis focuses on instances of uncertainty and lack of unity, on migration as a separating, dividing experience, but also examines to what extent Travellers manifests and reinvents the postmigrant condition with its focus towards the future and seeing society itself as postmigrant, particularly through its depictions of dignity.

scholarly journals Differentiated integration contingent on objective ability: a federalist critique

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Samo Bardutzky
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
European Commission ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Differentiated Integration ◽  
Daniel Elazar ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This article is inspired by the 2017 discussions on the future of Europe (in particular some of the ideas debated in the White Paper on the Future of Europe, published by the European Commission) and the events that took place in the crises and post-crises period (aftermath of the financial crisis, ongoing refugee crisis and the Brexit shock). It is particularly interested in the scenario of differentiated integration. In this regard, it observes how in the aftermath of the crises, there was a shift in the rationale of differentiated integration with objective (in)ability of the states taking a prominent role. It presents a federalist critique of this development, drawing on the work of Daniel Elazar, discussing the concepts of non-centralization, federal process and federal covenant in the context of the 2017 discussions in the EU.

scholarly journals The future of the European Migration and Asylum Policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Judyta Cabańska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Asylum Policy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Force Majeure ◽  
The Future ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Purpose: Migration is acomplex issue, with many facets that need to be weighed. Five years after the 2015 refugee crisis and the European Agenda on Migration, the EU still lacks a common migration and asylum policy. The aim of the chapter is to discuss the future of the migration and asylum policy in the European Union. Design/methodology/approach: The chapter analyzes the current migration situation in Europe, the impact of Covid-19 on migratory flows in Europe, challenges faced by the EU, and legislative initiatives proposed under the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. The text indicates key challenges related to migration faced by the European Union and provides an overview of the legislative proposals that seek to address the identified gaps. Findings: Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the need for the EU to be prepared to address situations of force majeure and broader crises, which impact migration and asylum management systems. The Pact on Migration and Asylum sets out the Commission’s new approach to migration, addresses border management, and ensures more coherence to integrate the internal and external dimensions of migration policies. Originality and value: The chapter attempts to contribute to the literature on international migration by delivering analysis results of Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the migration flows in Europe and the analysis of EU’s new approach to migration and asylum policy.

scholarly journals Immigration and the Future of the Welfare State in Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 697 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-147
Author(s):  
Alberto Alesina ◽  
Johann Harnoss ◽  
Hillel Rapoport
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Income Redistribution ◽  
Second Order ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Native Workers ◽  
The Future ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Welfare State

We analyze the effect of immigration on attitudes toward income redistribution in twenty-eight European countries over the period 2002 to 2012, before the “refugee crisis.” We find that native workers lower their support for redistribution if the share of immigration in their country is high. This effect is larger for individuals who hold negative views regarding immigration but is smaller when immigrants are culturally closer to natives and come from richer-origin countries. The effect also varies with native workers’ and immigrants’ education: more educated natives support more redistribution if immigrants are also relatively educated. Overall, our results show that the negative effect of immigration on attitudes toward redistribution is relatively small and is counterbalanced among skilled natives by positive second-order effects for the quality and diversity of immigration.

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