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Migration Ethics

Description du projet

Une éthique sur la distinction entre les réfugiés et les migrants

L’arrivée de millions de réfugiés et de migrants en Europe ces dernières années, et la tentative d’innombrables autres personnes pour atteindre l’Europe, sont à l’origine d’un nombre élevé de morts. Un accord entre l’UE et la Turquie a permis de renvoyer un nombre considérable de migrants en Turquie. L’UE a différencié les réfugiés des migrants, car elle considère que les réfugiés sont éligibles à la protection. Le projet Migration Ethics, financé par l’UE, étudiera le critère utilisé pour sélectionner les migrants éligibles à la protection. Il analysera également la façon dont les migrants sont exclus de cette protection et déterminera si cela est acceptable d’un point de vue éthique et juridique.

Objectif

Over the last three years, millions have attempted to cross the EU frontier. Some are fleeing war and persecution; others poverty. The EU has struggled to find an acceptable response. It is aware that the denial of legal entry encourages risky crossings and that many of those migrating are refugees. Yet it is also keen to limit immigration. It has therefore responded by insisting on a sharp distinction between refugees and economic migrants, making some exceptions for the former, while seeking to exclude the latter. It has also obtained an agreement with Turkey that permits the EU to return migrants in exchange for various benefits. This response seems to have been effective in limiting migration along the Turkey-Greece route. Nevertheless, the large numbers migrating along other routes, the lack of sufficient protection for many refugees and the high death toll at sea, all cast doubt on the adequacy of the EU response. This research project will be the first within ethical theory to address the ethics of migration in the context of the Mediterranean crisis. It will assess how EU states should respond to such large waves of migration. It focusses on three questions. First, which migrants are entitled to protection? International law and EU policy single out refugees, but the research project will investigate whether states have duties towards other migrants as well. Second, of those who are entitled to protection, where should they be protected? The EU-Turkey agreement effectively involves the outsourcing of protection to Turkey. Such “safe third country” agreements are ethically controversial. Third, if it is permissible to exclude some migrants, how should they be excluded? Given the numbers that are currently dying while trying to evade migration restrictions, it is important to explore the various methods of restriction to see which, if any, are ethically defensible and, given the current regulatory framework, legally feasible.

Régime de financement

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinateur

UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 172 932,48
Adresse
PLACA DE LA MERCE, 10-12
08002 Barcelona
Espagne

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Région
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 172 932,48