The Ethics of Externalisation in Migration

Abstract

States have continued to plan and put into action strategies of externalising migration management. This entails forming agreements with third countries in an effort to control and prevent on-migration, funding the police and coast guards of these countries, changes in legislation on a national and international level such as the EU migration pact or the UK-Rwanda and the Italy-Albania deal to outsource asylum processes and hosts. These processes of externalisation have also led to an increase in international activism. Not states, but (often) privately funded activists are rescuing refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean, giving shelter and information to refugees, and helping them cross borders. This panel asks broadly about the ethics of externalising migration. Is migration externalisation morally defensible? Should other countries host refugees and provide asylum? What (if anything) would be wrong with such forms of externalisation of asylum procedures and hosts? Should states allow asylum applications from abroad? What (if any) are the moral dilemmas for activists aiding migrants? Is smuggling morally condemnable or is it a form of morally permissible aid to those in need? This panel aims, but is not limited to, answering these questions. It will discuss a number of moral and political issues that are becoming increasingly relevant in the age of continued externalisation or migration management.

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