Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao
Volume 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-98

The new refugee crisis in Europe: The repulsion-attraction model revisited and the challenges for migration policies [A nova crise dos refugiados na Europa: O modelo de repulsão-atração revisitado e os desafios para as políticas migratórias] [La nueva crisis de los refugiados en Europa: Una revisita del modelo de repulsión-atracción y los desafíos de las nuevas políticas migratorias] (Article) (Open Access)

Oliveira C.R.* , Peixoto J. , Góis P.
  • a Observatório das Migrações (OM), Alto Comissariado para as Migrações (ACM), Lisboa, Portugal
  • b Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (ISEG), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
  • c Faculdade de Economia e Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES), Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

This paper addresses the challenges resulting from the new refugee flows directed to Europe since the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century. Aiming to explain the new refugee crisis, the push-pull model is revisited and the role of agency – individual motives that induce migration – is confronted with interference from the structure – economic, social and political factors that explain the increase of flows, also attending to the dynamics and operation of the legal framework in the European context. Despite the scarce empirical evidence, we conclude that the new refugee movements pose profound challenges to observational and theoretical analyses, as well as to the existing legal framework. Further studies and new regulatory instruments are needed in order to respond to the size and complexity of such flows. © 2017, Associacao Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais. All rights reserved.

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International protection Refugees Migration Europe

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85027708369&doi=10.20947%2fs0102-3098a0016&partnerID=40&md5=e62ec255e35595e6df99b8501b5cf894
DOI: 10.20947/s0102-3098a0016
ISSN: 01023098
Original Language: Portuguese