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Policy Versus Praxis: Has the European Union Failed to Respond to the Refugee Crisis?

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  • Sedef Eylemer
  • Nagihan Söylemez

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This study analyzes the effects of supranational governance on the refugee crisis in the European Union (EU). The main argument is that the supranational institutions of the EU have often failed to adequately manage the refugee crisis according to its foundational principles of fair burden sharing and solidarity. This failure has gradually discredited the Union's basic normative principles such as solidarity, hospitality, and respect for human rights. We show that the gaps between certain policies adopted at the Union level and the practices at the national level have widened, and this has led to a familiar defeat of the normative domain by realpolitik, following some central tenets of classical realism. We aim to show that in several areas of EU policy, as well as how individual states have responded to them, national interests and burden shirking, rather than sharing, have unfortunately prevailed. Bu çalışma, Avrupa Birliği uluslarüstü yönetişiminin mülteci kriziüzerindeki etkilerini incelemektedir. Temel varsayım, Avrupa Birliği'nin uluslarüstü kuruluşlarının, mülteci krizinin yönetiminde, Birliğin temel ilkeleri olan adil yük paylaşımı ve dayanışma konusunda çoğunlukla başarısız olduğu yönündedir. Bu başarısızlık, Birliğin, dayanışma, misafirperverlik ve insan haklarına saygı gibi temel normatif değerlerine olan güveni azaltmıştır. Birlik düzeyinde benimsenen politikalar ile ulusal düzeydeki uygulamaların arasındaki farklılıkların artması, normatif alanın, klasik gerçekçiliğin temel ilkelerini izleyen Real politik tarafından, aşina biryenilgisine yol açmıştır. Bu bağlamda AB'nin birçok politika alanında, bu alanlarda ulusal devletlerin verdiği yanıtlardan da hareketle, yük paylaşımından ziyade ulusal çıkarların ve yükten kaçınmanın hâkim olduğunu göstermek amaçlanmaktadır. Este estudio analiza los efectos de la gobernanza supranacional sobre la crisis de refugiados en la Unión Europea (UE). El argumento principal es que las instituciones supranacionales de la UE a menudo no han logrado gestionar adecuadamente la crisis de refugiados de acuerdo con sus principios fundamentales de solidaridad y reparto justo de la carga. Este fracaso ha ido desacreditando gradualmente los principios normativos básicos de la Unión, como la solidaridad, la hospitalidad y el respeto de los derechos humanos. Mostramos que las brechas entre ciertas políticas adoptadas a nivel de la Unión y las prácticas a nivel nacional se han ensanchado, y esto ha llevado a la conocida derrota del dominio normativo tan crucial para las políticas que tratan con los refugiados por la realpolitik siguiendo algunos principios centrales de la política clásica de realismo. Nuestro objetivo es mostrar que en varias áreas de la política de la UE, así como en la forma en que los estados individuales han respondido, lamentablemente han prevalecido los intereses nacionales y elusion de las cargas, en lugar de compartirlas. 该研究分析了欧盟针对难民危机实行超国家治理的影响。 其主要观点是,欧盟的超国家组织往往未能根据平等分担问题和齐心协力的基本原则充分解决难民危机。 这一问题逐渐使得欧盟如齐心协力、热情友好和尊重人权等基本原则名誉扫地。 该研究表明,在欧盟层面某些政策制定与在国家层面的具体实践之间的差距正在扩大,遵循古典现实主义的一些中心原则,这导致了国际现实主义政治对规范原则领域的再次失败。 该研究致力于呈现欧盟在各地区的政策和个别国家的相应实践,以及相较于共同承担问题,不幸的是民族国家利益至上和逃避承担的情形更为普遍。

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  • Sedef Eylemer & Nagihan Söylemez, 2020. "Policy Versus Praxis: Has the European Union Failed to Respond to the Refugee Crisis?," World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 183(4), pages 315-342, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:woraff:v:183:y:2020:i:4:p:315-342
    DOI: 10.1177/0043820020966832
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