Security through discrimination? : addressing the risk of discriminatory ethnic profiling in Europe's fight against irregular migration

dc.contributor.advisor Piçarra, Nuno
dc.contributor.author Roob, Lisa Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-27T14:53:31Z
dc.date.available 2017-11-27T14:53:31Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description Second semester University: New University of Lisbon. en_US
dc.description.abstract The over-policing of minority groups in the scope of migration control is often downplayed as inevitable side effect of necessary law enforcement, rather than addressing it as a problem of racial discrimination. As such justifications result in an unwillingness to address these problems, this paper analyses the legality, legitimacy and risk of ´discriminatory ethnic profiling´ in the scope of proactive law enforcement powers aiming at detecting irregular migrants within Europe. Such practices can amount to unjustifiable direct racial discrimination, and the analysis of the use of stop-and-search powers in three countries shows, that discriminatory ethnic profiling is widely used, but not even effective. As the over-policing of minorities indicates an impact of underlying legislation, a general proportionality test of migration law enforcement powers risking such profiling finds that they are disproportional and little doubt is left that the discriminatory effect is inherent to the norm, and not just a question of misuse. Despite the need to revise such policies, already basic safeguards are lacking. Moreover, the analysis of Joint European Police Operations shows, that States and the EU regardless the risk increasingly coordinate and formalise such methods, including electronic profiling technics, in an in-transparent way which lacks democratic scrutiny. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/20.500.11825/332
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.25330/2243
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries EMA theses 2014/2015;68
dc.subject ethnic discrimination en_US
dc.subject irregular migrations en_US
dc.subject minority groups en_US
dc.subject Europe en_US
dc.title Security through discrimination? : addressing the risk of discriminatory ethnic profiling in Europe's fight against irregular migration en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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