Discrimination Towards Migrants in the European Union: An examination and discussion of norms about migration and anti-discrimination in the EU and Denmark.
Author
Sandvad, Anna Dau Hvas
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-05-30
Pages
57
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan normer i EU’s lovgivning og dansk lovgivning om migration og anti-diskrimination hænger sammen. Migration i EU er ikke nyt, men debatten er blevet mere konfliktfyldt, især efter flygtningekrisen i 2015, hvor højrepartier fik fremgang, fokus på det nationale øgedes (fx Brexit), og anti-immigrationsretorik blev mere udbredt. Det har styrket strukturel diskrimination, dvs. regler og systemer, der kan stille migranter dårligt. Specialet spørger, om EU-normer bliver oversat, taget til sig (approprieret) eller udfordret i Danmark. Her forstås “normer” som fælles regler og forventninger i lovene om, hvordan migranter behandles, og hvordan diskrimination forebygges og forbydes. Teoretisk bygger specialet på Susanne Zwingels teori om normoversættelse, som ser normer som noget, der “rejser” mellem niveauer (globalt, regionalt, nationalt og lokalt), og som forhandles og tilpasses undervejs. Metodisk gennemføres en dokumentanalyse af gældende EU- og danske love om migration og anti-diskrimination. Analysen viser, at EU-normer tydeligt bevæger sig ind i dansk ret og bliver oversat og approprieret: Danmark adopterer EU-normer, men fortolker dem nogle gange en smule anderledes. Der er ikke fundet tydelig modstand mod EU-normerne i den danske lovgivning. Samlet set viser specialet, hvordan EU-standarder former nationale regler om migration og anti-diskrimination i Danmark.
This thesis examines how norms in European Union and Danish legislation on migration and anti-discrimination relate to each other. Migration in the EU is not new, but debate has intensified, especially after the 2015 refugee crisis, with the rise of far-right parties, a stronger focus on the national level (e.g., Brexit), and more anti-immigrant narratives. This has reinforced structural discrimination, meaning rules and systems that can disadvantage migrants. The thesis asks whether EU norms are translated, appropriated, or contested in Denmark. Here, “norms” are understood as shared rules and expectations in laws about how migrants are treated and how discrimination is prevented and prohibited. The theoretical framework is Susanne Zwingel’s norm translation theory, which sees norms as “travelling” between levels (global, regional, national, and local) and being negotiated and adapted along the way. Methodologically, the study uses a document analysis of current EU and Danish laws on migration and anti-discrimination. The analysis shows that EU norms clearly move into Danish law and are translated and appropriated: Denmark adopts EU norms, sometimes interpreting them slightly differently. There is no clear evidence of contestation of EU norms in Danish legislation. Overall, the thesis shows how EU standards shape national rules on migration and anti-discrimination in Denmark.
[This abstract was generated with the help of AI]
Keywords
Documents