Migration Management Within Security and Development Narratives: A Case Study of Bilateral Relations between Senegal and the European Union
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Venturi, Emily
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences
- Abstract
- The 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration between African and European leaders brought migration management to the forefront of foreign policy and cooperation relations. With a focus on bilateral relations between Senegal and the European Union since the launch of new instruments linking migration and development policy, the following study analyzes the driving interests for Senegalese and European counterparts regarding the treatment of migration as a foreign policy topic and its linkage to development and security issues. The research draws on evidence from interviews conducted in 2017 in Dakar, Brussels, and Rome with representatives from the Senegalese government, the Italian government, European Union institutions, the African Union Delegation to the EU, national embassies, NGOs, and think-tanks, among others. All interviews were conducted by the author. While bilateral relations for migration management were found to be of strategic interest for both parties, this article concludes that their securitization framework places a strain on development objectives and long-term relations between Senegal and the EU, due to the EU’s short-term prioritization of readmission demands and the reduction of irregular migration.
- Date of publication
- 2019
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- Journal title
- Global Africana Review
- Journal volume
- 3
- Journal issue
- 1
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- 2
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- 10
- Language
- English
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- Global Africana Review
- Date uploaded
- March 25, 2019
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