Publications in: Migration and Internal Security

How the ‘Migration Crisis’ Affected Funding Under the MFF

10. September 2018, 10:19 / Lucas Rasche / Policy Paper

Ahead of negotiations over the Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), this Policy Paper explores how the ‘migration crisis’ affected funding for asylum and migration. In the Paper Lucas Rasche analyses the structural deficiencies in the EU’s most relevant funding instrument for migration, the Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund (AMIF), and argues that a reform of the political framework underpinning funding in the field of asylum and migration is necessary. more

Migration: EU leaders agree on lowest common denominator

29. June 2018, 17:38 / Lucas Rasche / Blog Post

At the European Council meeting on 28.-29. June 2018, EU leaders gathered to discuss a future course on migration. Yet, the Council conclusions are fairly opaque. In this blog post Lucas Rasche argues that in the absence of an overall compromise, EU leaders refurbished existing ideas on external asylum processing and fell short of moving beyond the lowest common denominator of strengthening external borders. more

Merkel on EU reform: a decryption

6. June 2018, 14:31 / Dr. Nicole Koenig, Lucas Guttenberg, Lucas Rasche / Blog Post

For eight months, the EU had waited for a German response to President Macron’s ideas on EU reform. On 3 June 2018, Chancellor Merkel outlined her own proposals in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. While lacking an overarching vision, she provided some concrete proposals on what she saw as priority policy areas: Eurozone, asylum and border management, as well as foreign and security policy. Here’s what she said and what it means. more

Change and continuity in Germany’s migration policy

3. April 2018, 15:52 / Lucas Rasche / Blog Post

Following the the re-election of Angela Merkel, Germany’s new coalition government is set to start work. Some of its most pressing issues revolve around the country's future course on migration, both at the national and European level. This blog post traces how the heated electoral campaign influenced the new government’s coalition agreement and assesses its proposals on EU migration policy. more

Two years into the EU-Turkey ‘deal’ – taking stock

15. March 2018, 14:08 / Marie Walter-Franke / Blog Post

Two years have passed since the EU and Turkey sealed a ‘deal’ to halt large-scale migration to Europe. As numbers remained low, the public eye turned to other theatres. New developments, however, call for a fresh look at the ‘EU-Turkey deal’. Marie Walter-Franke takes stock of the refugee swapping mechanism and the accompanying aid package. more