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What kind of citizenship for whom? The 'refugee crisis' and the European Union's conceptions of citizenship

Dvir, Y; Morris, P; Yemini, M; (2019) What kind of citizenship for whom? The 'refugee crisis' and the European Union's conceptions of citizenship. Globalisation, Societies and Education , 17 (2) pp. 208-219. 10.1080/14767724.2018.1525284. Green open access

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Abstract

The European Union (EU) plays a dominant role in coordinating the responses to the massive inflow of refugee-migrants into Europe; consequently, the conceptions of citizenship and future integration which are embedded in its policies are significant. We explore and analyse the key EU education policy documents that refer to immigrants to identify the forms of citizenship attributed to various types of incomers by the EU. Our analysis demonstrates that the EU’s conception of refugee-migrants is more closely affiliated with the notion of ‘Global citizens’ rather than with that of ‘European citizens’. Furthermore, we suggest that the EU distinguishes and navigates between various migratory flows, namely internal-European, desired external-European and undesired external-European (refugee-migrants), each associated with a distinctive conception of citizenship as well as with related policy discourses. In the light of the migratory flows into Europe, the particularistic conceptions of citizenship shaping the EU’s educational policy carry considerable implications for the future integration of refugee-migrants in Europe.

Type: Article
Title: What kind of citizenship for whom? The 'refugee crisis' and the European Union's conceptions of citizenship
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2018.1525284
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2018.1525284
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: EU, humanitarian crisis, refugees, discourse analysis, global citizenship
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060489
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