External Migration Governance of the European Union

Abstract

The paper studies the dynamics of EU external migration governance in the
EU external migration policy. The external migration policy of the EU is
characterized by the implementation of the conceptual framework of the
Global Approach to Migration, which is based on the integration of
migration issues in the EU external relations and on strengthening
cooperation with partner countries. The aim of the study is to empirically
describe the form of EU external migration governance on the four
platforms of cooperation: the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Eastern
Partnership, the Euro-African dialogue on migration and development and
the Prague Process. The paper concludes that despite the fact that the
latest developments are moving toward a preference for fighting against
illegal migration in the neighborhood of the EU, there is a dynamic
development in more remote regional platforms of cooperation, which
represents a balanced horizontal partnership guided by principles of the
Global Approach to Migration.