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dc.contributor.authorCusumano, Eugenio
dc.contributor.authorRiddervold, Marianne
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-06T12:22:38Z
dc.date.available2023-09-06T12:22:38Z
dc.date.created2023-05-16T12:26:19Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-08
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1369-183X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3087757
dc.description.abstractBoth today and under Gaddafi’s authoritarian rule, externalised migration controls have played a crucial role in EUropean irregular mobility governance across the Central Mediterranean. Offloading migration management on Tripoli is puzzling due to the fragility of its institutions, the ill-preparedness of its security forces, and widespread abuse against migrants. Why have European member states and EU institutions relapsed to relying on Libyan forces to govern irregular migration? In this paper, we argue that the EU has failed through the migration crisis in the Central Mediterranean by drawing on already established albeit ineffective and contentious policy tools. The collapse of Libya’s state apparatus, European Court of Human Rights’ censure of Italy’s illegal pushbacks and public opinion pressure temporarily displaced but did not fundamentally change EUrope’s restrictive approach to irregular mobility governance. While some new and less restrictive border enforcement policies were developed in response to the soaring death toll, this humanitarian turn was short-lived. By combining the mechanism of failing forward with institutionalist insights, our concept of failing through explains why the EU and its member states soon backslid into pre-existing institutional arrangements like bilateral agreements with Libyan authorities notwithstanding their problematic legal, ethical and political implications.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectMigration governanceen_US
dc.subjectLibyaen_US
dc.subjecthistorical institutionalismen_US
dc.subjectmaritime rescueen_US
dc.subjectexternalizationen_US
dc.subjectfailing throughen_US
dc.titleFailing through: European migration governance across the central Mediterraneanen_US
dc.title.alternativeFailing through: European migration governance across the central Mediterraneanen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240en_US
dc.source.pagenumber3024 - 3042en_US
dc.source.volume49en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Ethnic and Migration Studiesen_US
dc.source.issue12en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1369183X.2023.2193713
dc.identifier.cristin2147813
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
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