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The Cause Of The European Refugee Crisis And The European Policy Response

Posted on:2019-03-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y B GuoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2356330566958053Subject:International relations
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In Europe,the refugee/migrant crisis which outbroke in 2015 is the largest refugee crisis since the Second World War,causing great influences to Europe.Refugee is an important issue in the field of International Relations.European refugee crisis has already been a hotspot in recent IR researches.Regarding this refugee crisis,European countries implemented a series of policies.To what extent do these policies solve the crisis? This dissertation analyzes the coherence between the causes and the policies,and the effectiveness of the policiesIn chapter one,this dissertation provides basic facts of the crisis by statistics,focusing mainly on the demographic information of refugees including their origins,religions,age,asylum applications and casualties and Europe's attitude.In terms of the crisis progress,citing Fink's crisis management life cycle model,this dissertation divides the whole crisis into four stages reviews the European refugee crisis based on reports from news agency and European official authorities.The development pattern of this crisis is concluded that the crisis was driven by several sub-crises,whose influences were overlapped,which is a major characteristic of the crisis.Then,this European refugee crisis is defined after discussing the subjects in this crisis,the concept of crisis and management,and the characteristics of the crisis.In chapter two and three,a four-stage analytical framework is designed which includes four stages,the root,the direction,the entrance and the influence to analyze the coherence and the effectiveness of the policies.This framework provides a systematic method to observe the European refugee crisis and could apply to both the causes and policies section of the crisis.In the causes section,the formation logic of the crisis is discussed.The dissertation gives the reason why refugees appeared,why they choose Europe as their destination,why they could enter Europe and answers how they make influence to the Europe.It is argued that the formation of refugee is only one part of the whole European refugee crisis.In the policies / responses section,this dissertation examines to what extent the policies could match the causes of the refugee crisis.The logic of making policies and policies' problems are also analyzed.In chapter four,this dissertation classifies the causes of the European refugee crisis and points out a special situation that the policy itself could become the cause of the crisis.It is found in the analysis that the policy's direction,intensity and timeliness could influence the effectiveness of the policy.Finally,an overall evaluation of the refugee crisis and European responses is given,analyzing the nature of the refugee crisis,the logic of European policies as well as exposed problems.Possible challenges which could be faced in the future by Europe are listed in the last part.
Keywords/Search Tags:European Refugee Crisis, Migrant Crisis, Cause, Response, Coherence, Effectiveness
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