Tales from the European borderlands

This synthesis project will draw from data and insights collected and obtained in the other two subprojects as well as from data collected through a multiple-country survey. The aim is to provide a comprehensive and comparative perspective on the process of crimmigration in the context of dealing with intra-Schengen cross-border mobilities and hence answer the research question that is central to the project at large.

Research Question

To what extent are there differences between countries in and outside the European Union and the Schengen area in the level of crimmigration, the merger between migration control and crime control, and to what extent can these differences be explained by the way in which state and non-state actors in these countries are making use of formal and informal discretion and power structures to guide their response to cross border mobility?

Project Description