The Nexus between Migration and Development in EU External Action: No Quick Fix. IES Policy Brief Issue 2019/08 • November 2019

Berger, Alexandra (2019) The Nexus between Migration and Development in EU External Action: No Quick Fix. IES Policy Brief Issue 2019/08 • November 2019. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

For the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the Commission has proposed a new mega instrument in the area of external action that will make migration a key focus of the EU’s development cooperation. The nexus between migration and development will thus take centre stage in the EU’s engagement with third countries. In this context, it is interesting to look at current policies combining external migration governance with development cooperation. While the EU seems to assume that policies concerning migration and development cooperation are coherent, a closer look reveals that this is not always the case. Particularly concerning aid conditionality and the emphasis on short-term versus longterm goals, development cooperation and migration policies have different objectives, at times leading to incoherence in the EU’s external policies.

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