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    <title language="eng">Instrumentalisation of migration: Europe needs a strong and lawful response</title>
    <abstract language="eng">In view of a relatively low number of asylum seekers at the EU’s eastern external borders, several EU member states are undermining refugee protection in Europe, citing attempts by Russia and Belarus to “instrumentalise” migration. This policy brief examines the narrative of the “instrumentalisation” of migration and its implications for asylum policy in the EU. In addition to national efforts , stricter measures and exemptions (or derogations) have also been incorporated into the 2024 reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS). This rhetorically and politically questionable escalation of the instrumentalisation narrative, which is increasingly reflected in law, erodes European norms and values internally. Externally, it signals success for those who engage in instrumentalisation. Through panic-driven reactions, the EU demonstrates that irregular migration is its weak point – one that can be exploited by third countries. A more fruitful  response would be to draw on the strengths of the common European project: a human rights-based approach that relies on the rule of law and seeks to build capacities for intra-European responsibility-sharing. Such a counter-narrative, which absorbs the logic of instrumentalisation and creates desirable effects such as the stabilisation of norms, values and European labour markets, could achieve more positive foreign and security policy outcomes and serve as an impetus for a more evidence-based European asylum and refugee policy.</abstract>
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    <submitter>Linda Hewitt</submitter>
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    <author>Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik</author>
    <author>Lena Laube</author>
    <author>Bernd Parusel</author>
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    <title language="deu">Instrumentalisierung von Migration: Europa braucht eine starke und rechtskonforme Antwort</title>
    <abstract language="deu">Mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten berufen sich auf mutmaßliche Instrumentalisierungsversuche durch Russland und Belarus, um den Flüchtlingsschutz an den östlichen Außengrenzen auszuhöhlen – obwohl die Zahl der Asylsuchenden dort relativ gering ist. Dieser Policy Brief analysiert das Narrativ der „Instrumentalisierung“ und seine wachsende Verankerung in Politik und Recht, unter anderem im Rahmen der 2024 beschlossenen Reform des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems (GEAS). Die Rhetorik der Bedrohung erodiert nach innen europäische Werte und signalisiert nach außen Verwundbarkeit. Panikartige Reaktionen der EU machen deutlich, wie angreifbar und uneinheitlich ihr Umgang mit irregulärer Migration ist. Stattdessen wäre ein menschenrechtlich geleiteter, rechtsstaatlicher Ansatz nötig, der die innereuropäische Verantwortungsteilung stärkt. Ein solches Gegennarrativ könnte nicht nur Stabilität nach innen schaffen, sondern auch positive Impulse für eine realitätsnahe und krisenresiliente europäische Asylpolitik sowie außen- und sicherheitspolitische Effekte entfalten.</abstract>
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    <author>Judith Kohlenberger</author>
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