Thielemann, Eiko R. 
ORCID: 0009-0003-0563-9436
(2018)
Why refugee burden-sharing initiatives fail: public goods, free-riding and symbolic solidarity in the EU.
Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (1).
pp. 63-82.
ISSN 0021-9886
Abstract
Traditionally, differences in states’ refugee protection contributions have been attributed to the variation in countries’ structural pull-factors such as their geographic location. However, policy choices, such as Germany's decision to open its borders for Syrian refugees in 2015, can also have a significant impact on the number of arrivals and constitute a puzzle that traditional approaches struggle to explain. This paper demonstrates that viewing refugee burden-sharing through the lens of public goods theory can provide significant insights about refugee protection dynamics in the EU, in particular in the context of a sudden mass influx of migrants that threatens internal security. By highlighting how free-riding and burden-shifting dynamics can undermine the provision of collective goods during a refugee crisis, a public goods approach can advance our understanding of why countries sometimes accept disproportionate responsibilities for forced migrants and how the effectiveness of EU refugee burden-sharing instruments can, and should, be strengthened.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14685965 |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
| Divisions: | European Institute |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2018 09:31 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 21:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86986 |
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