Author: Parkes, Roderick

Source: European Journal of Migration and Law, Volume 11, Number 4, 2009 , pp. 327-345(19)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

Abstract:

As migration cooperation has grown in stature at the European level, a premium has been set on its conceptual coordination with related areas of EU policy. The Mobility Partnerships which the bloc recently signed with Moldova and Cape Verde appear as a model of this kind of coordination. Indeed their advocates believe they can regulate migration in such a way that the Union's economic, social, development and neighbourhood policies all benefit. A simple tri-partite method is here employed to gauge the complementarity of one of the Partnerships, that with Moldova, with its broader policy context. The present analysis suggests that the political exigencies involved in realising the agreement led to conceptual overstretch. Although the Partnership seldom clashes with its broader policy context, the considerable demands placed on its coordinators in the European Commission mean that the Partnership's positive contribution to related policy areas remains bitty and lacking in coherence.

Keywords: mobility; illegal immigration; comprehensive approach; European Neighbourhood Policy

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157181609789804295

Publication date: 2009-10-01

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