This book explores the norms, practices, and main actors in the EU Migration System of Governance (EUMSG). Bringing a fresh perspective to the analysis of asylum and migration in Europe, the volume unpacks the European Union’s approach to migration and points to the principles and actions of EU member states.

Chapter 1. The EU migration system and global justice: An Introduction.- Chapter 2. EU’s Normative Ambivalence and the Migrant Crisis: (in)Actions of (in)Justice.- Chapter 3. The Immigration Policy of the United Kingdom: British Exceptionalism and the Renewed Quest for Control.- Chapter 4. Justice at the edge of Europe:  migration, asylum policy and global justice in Greece in the context of the European Migration System of Governance.- Chapter 5. From this side of the Mediterranean: Italy, migration and justice perspectives.- Chapter 6. Between logistification and minimalism: migration policies in France and global justice.- Chapter 7. Constraints on global justice. Insecurity and national repositioning in the case of Hungary.- Chapter 8. Out but still in: Norway’s approach to migration and asylum as a non-EU state.- Chapter 9. Germany’s ‘Atypical’ Leadership in the EU Migration System of Governance and its Normative Dimension.- Chapter 10. The EU Migration System and Global Justice: An Assessment.

‘This book adroitly unpacks debates surrounding the issue of migration. It cuts through self-justifying contradictions to reveal the hard choices and real moral dilemmas that rest at the heart of what we have called the migration debate in Europe. In doing so, it offers no easy answers. Instead, it critically reflects upon the policy avenues that have been taken and then signposts the paths ahead that are available to us – all in the name of justice.’

–Professor Ben Tonra, UCD School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland

‘“We need a fairer approach to migration!” By brilliantly guiding us through the complexities of the contemporary normative debate on migration regulation, this book shows us it is not as simple as that. In times of increasing polarisation of the public discussion, Ceccorulli, Fassi and Lucarelli’s pluralistic understanding of the ethics of migration governance is not just enlightening, but also potentially transformative.’

–Professor Ferruccio Pastore, Director, International and European Forum on Migration Research (FIERI), Italy

This book explores the norms, practices, and main actors in the EU Migration System of Governance (EUMSG). Bringing a fresh perspective to the analysis of asylum and migration in Europe, the volume unpacks the European Union’s approach to migration and points to the principles and actions of EU member states. Moreover, it explores the EUMSG’s performance through the lenses of three alternative yet coexistent understandings of justice (non-domination, impartiality, and mutual recognition), thereby overcoming a unilateral ethical viewpoint and moving away from the ‘open-closed borders’ debate.

Michela Ceccorulli is Senior Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Enrico Fassi is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy.

Sonia Lucarelli is Associate Professor of International Relations and Pan-European Security at the University of Bologna, Italy.

“This book adroitly unpacks debates surrounding the issue of migration. It cuts through self-justifying contradictions to reveal the hard choices and real moral dilemmas that rest at the heart of what we have called the migration debate in Europe. In doing so, it offers no easy answers. Instead, it critically reflects upon the policy avenues that have been taken and then signposts the paths ahead that are available to us – all in the name of justice.” (Professor Ben Tonra, UCD School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Ireland)

“We need a fairer approach to migration!” By brilliantly guiding us through the complexities of the contemporary normative debate on migration regulation, this book shows us it is not as simple as that. In times of increasing polarisation of the public discussion, Ceccorulli, Fassi and Lucarelli’s pluralistic understanding of the ethics of migration governance is not just enlightening, but also potentially transformative.” (Professor Ferruccio Pastore, Director, International and European Forum on Migration Research (FIERI), Italy)

Applies a fresh approach to the analysis of asylum and migration in Europe by investigating different yet coexistent understandings of justice Unpacks the EU’s approach to migration by also specifically pointing at the approach and practices of EU member states Overcomes unilateral ethical viewpoints moving away from the ‘open-closed borders’ debate

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