Section Introduction: Comparing and Contrasting EU Border and Migration Policy – Are They Exemplary?

Abstract

This special section (thanks to the Jean Monnet Network, a European Union Erasmus+ Grant) explores the impact of migration crises on European borders, internal and external, from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. The following articles adopt comparative, historical, legal, sociological, and discursive approaches in order to confront questions arising from the 2015 Schengen and Dublin political crises, which seem to have put an end to the ideal of a “Europe without borders”.

INTRODUCTION—Frontiers in Motion (Frontem): Comparative Perspectives on European Borders, Cross-Border Cooperation, and Integration

“…The diverse contributions illustrate the complexity of borders in Europe and that there has never been an abolition of all types and functions of borders in the European Union (EU). It therefore offers a critical reading of the "Europe without borders" model of the EU (Cooper 1989;Brunet-Jailly & Wassenberg 2020). (Brunet-Jailly 2018;Castan Pinos & Radil 2020;Hallgrimsdottir et al 2020;Roos 2021;Lamour 2022).…”