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France and Migration Between Logistification and Ethical Minimalism

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The chapter analyses how France’s migration policies have changed over time in line with the unstable political meaning of both immigration and asylum. By discussing different conceptions of justice as non-domination, as impartiality and as mutual recognition, the chapter argues that an ongoing shift towards a limited and narrow conception of justice by state actors has consequences with regard to protection of migrants’ rights, interstate relations and the European dimension. The chapter then introduces the concept of logistification as a way to capture the emerging logic behind French migration policies and suggests the emergence of a minimalist understanding of what is ‘just’ in the field of migration, which is based on an operational logistical rationale and results in growing discretionary power in migrants’ access to rights and protection.

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Grappi, G. (2021). France and Migration Between Logistification and Ethical Minimalism. In: Ceccorulli, M., Fassi, E., Lucarelli, S. (eds) The EU Migration System of Governance. The European Union in International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53997-9_6

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