Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis.

Arnell, Paul; Lyons, Carole

Abstract

The migration crisis has posed fundamental questions for European institutions. Amongst these are whether EU human rights reality matches its rhetoric. The answer is a resounding no. The reaction of the EU to the crisis has entailed an abdication of responsibility, in part through adopting convenient new external ‘borders’. One response to this development has been a jurisdictional extension of human rights protection by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This chapter exposes both the EU response to the crisis and the attempts by the ECtHR to re-impose responsibility on European states.

Citation

ARNELL, P. and LYONS, C. 2023. Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 26, pages 421-431. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_26

• Acceptance Date: Aug 29, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Mar 7, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 21, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 8, 2025
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 421-431
• Series Title: The urban book series
• Series ISSN: 2365-757X; 2365-7588
• Book Title: Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives
• Chapter Number: 26
• ISBN: 9783031066030
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_26
• Keywords: Borders; European Union; Migrants; Human rights; Jurisdiction
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/419212