@techreport{BeicheltValentin2020, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Beichelt, Timm and Valentin, Lea}, title = {Liminality and Transnationalism. Two Forces upon Shifting Borders in Contemporary Europe}, series = {Working Paper Series B/ORDERS IN MOTION}, journal = {Working Paper Series B/ORDERS IN MOTION}, doi = {10.11584/b-orders.7}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-6224}, pages = {17}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The working paper presents two analytical concepts to examine territorial borders: liminality and transnationalism. The combination of both concepts offers an approach to borders and migration practices which takes borders not simply as a point of departure but puts border zones and their transgressions to the centre of attention, revealing their ambiguous, in-between character. Taking into account empirical observations of complex, multi-directional migration patterns and conceptualizing them as liminal transmigration, we challenge the rhetoric of impermeable territorial borders and an enduring, one-way migration flow into Western Europe. Instead, we propose a perspective on borders that not only allows for ambiguities but makes analytical as well as empirical disruptions productive.}, language = {en} } @book{Wahnberger2017, author = {Wahnberger, Anne}, title = {The EU-Turkey Agreement on Migration: Objective and Reality}, editor = {Beichelt, Timm and Nowak, Carsten and Schwarze, Reimund}, address = {Frankfurt (Oder)}, doi = {10.11584/opus4-259}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-2591}, publisher = {Europa-Universit{\"a}t Viadrina Frankfurt}, pages = {79}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The deal concluded in March 2016 between Turkey and the European Union to manage the refugee movements from Turkey to the Greek islands attracted cri-ticism from various quarters. This thesis examines the legal and political back-grounds of the agreement and advances understanding of why it was so urgent-ly needed. Based on related legal texts, press reports and interviews conducted with EU officials, I evaluated the agreement itself as well as its implementation until Sep-tember 2016. The findings from the research show that legal and ethical reser-vations are indeed justified. I concluded that the agreement may alleviate symp-toms of the current refugee crisis, yet a real European migration policy was mo-re needed than ever.}, subject = {EU}, language = {en} }