Europe's outsourced migration controls: refocusing on peace, rights and development

Migration continues to cause concern among European states, with many governments intensifying their efforts to stop people reaching Europe’s shores. But despite claims that clamping down on migration saves lives by deterring people from undertaking dangerous journeys to Europe, attempts by the European Union and European governments to curb migration are contributing to suffering and instability.

Drawing on the cases of Libya, Niger and Turkey, this briefing analyses Europe’s approach of outsourcing border controls, the interests driving this model, its negative implications for peace, rights and stability, and how it ends up reinforcing the very factors that compel people to move in the first place. The briefing is drawn from a detailed report released by Saferworld this year. 

Read the briefing: Europe’s outsourced migration controls: refocusing on peace, rights and development

Read the report: Partners in crime? The impacts of Europe’s outsourced migration controls on peace, stability and rights

Read the op-ed in the EU Observer: Can Schinas put EU values back into migration brief?

Read more about our work on peacebuilding responses to migration.