Border Crises and Human Mobility in the Mediterranean Global South: Challenges to Expanding Borders

Acknowledgements
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: Conceptualizing the Mediterranean Global South to Understand Border Crises and Human Mobility Across Borders
	Introduction
	Conceptualizing the Mediterranean Global South
	A Critical Approach to Explain Expanding Borders
	Rethinking Borders in the Mediterranean Space: Human Security at Risk Crossing the Borders, Surfing the Waves or Blocked at Sea
	The Contributions of This Volume
	References
Part I Critical Security Approaches to the Mediterranean Global South
2 Mediterranean Security and the World Policies. The Overlooked Link
	Introduction
	Region Orders and World Order
	The Mediterranean Countries and the Foundational World Policies
		The Policies Towards Sovereignty and Security
		The Policies Towards Economic Security, Trade, and Finance
	Getting Closer to the Order Transition
	Conclusions
	References
3 Security in Crisis? The Cultural Production of the 2015 ‘Mediterranean Immigrant Crisis’
	Introduction
	The Study of Crises in International Relations
	The Cultural Production of the 2015 Mediterranean ‘immigrant crisis’
		Moment 1, The Global Mediterranean Policy and Euro-Arab Dialogue: Suggestion
		Moment 2, The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: Reiteration
		Moment 3, European Neighbourhood Policy: Solidification
	Conclusion
	References
Part II Actors and Practices in Border Crises and Migration
4 Power and Security in the Mediterranean Global South and at the Eastern EU Borders: Russia in Syria and Ukraine
	Introduction
	Russian Foreign Policy and the Eastern and Mediterranean Global South Border Crises
	‘Ring of fire’: Ukraine and Syria
		Ukrainian Rebordering: The Case of Crimea’s Annexation
		Rebordering the Mediterranean Global South: The Case of Syria
	Concluding Remarks: Policy Implications
	References
5 The EU and the Politics of Migration in the Mediterranean: From Crisis Management to Management in Crisis
	Introduction
	The EU Politics and Policies of Migration in the Mediterranean Global South: Policy Failure, Securitisation or Humanitarian Vacuum?
	Managing Crises: Migration Policies Between Mismatches and Humanitarian Vacuums in the Mediterranean Global South
		Disrupting Smugglers to Curtail Deaths at Sea
		Externalisation, Closure and ‘Remote Control’ of Borders to Stem Irregular Flows
		Hotspots as Effective Mechanisms to Manage Disembarkation, Returns and Filter Asylum Claims
		Hotspots, Schengen Internal Controls and Fences are Mechanisms to Prevent Secondary Movements
	From Crisis Management to Management in Crisis
	Conclusions: Migrations Crises in the Mediterranean Global South Set to Travel Back to the Future?
	References
6 The Changing Policies of International Institutions: Human Mobility in the Mediterranean
	Introduction
	World Political System and Human Mobility Regimes
		The Refugee Regime
		The Migration Regime
	The Transition Order and the Changes in the Human Mobility Policies
	The Impact of Human Mobility Policies Over the Mediterranean Area
	Conclusions
	References
Part III Contemporary Insecurities Across the Borders
7 Climate Change Migration Enters the Agenda of the Wider Mediterranean: The Long Way Towards Global Governance
	Introduction
	Research Questions and Theoretical Lenses
	The Current Debate on Climate Change and Migration: Assessing the Nexus
	Climate Migrants and/or Refugees in International Provisions8
	Climate Change Migration: A Transboundary Issue in the Agenda of the Wider Mediterranean
	The Long Way Towards Global Governance: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
	Conclusions
	References
8 Syrians in Turkey: A Case for Human Security and State Capacity
	Introduction
	A Framework for Analysis
		Global Challenges to the Security Paradigm in Migration Management
		Strengthening ‘State Capacity’: A Novel Response to Global Migration Crisis
	Turkey’s Policy Towards Syrian Migrants in Context
		The Latest Developments
		The EU as a Catalyst of State Reform
	Conclusion
	References
9 Migration of Unaccompanied Children: Is the EU Up to the Challenge? A Legal Perspective of the Southern Mediterranean
	Introduction
	EU Approach to Migrant Children
	The Best Interests in the Convention of the Rights of the Child as It Is Interpreted by General Comment No. 14 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
	The EU Legal Corpus on the Protection of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
	Data and Analysis of the Situation in the Field
	Conclusions
	References
10 Conclusion: Looking Ahead, Setting the Future Agenda to Address Border Insecurities and Human Mobility in the Mediterranean Global South
	Introduction
	Border Insecurities
	The European Union: A Normative Power in Distress
	The Fatigue of a Global Power Faced with Migration
	What’s Next? Future Research Agendas
	References
Correction to: Migration of Unaccompanied Children: Is the EU Up to the Challenge? A Legal Perspective of the Southern Mediterranean
	Correction to:  Chapter 9 in: S. Panebianco (ed.), Border Crises and Human Mobility in the Mediterranean Global South, Critical Security Studies in the Global South,  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90295-79
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