Dealing With the Devil? Migration Agreements and Civil Liberties in the European Neighborhood

• In Event: Representation and International Political Economy

Brief Overview

I examine the effect of the the EU migration deal with Turkey (2016) on migration flows and democracy in the latter. I find that the deal likely diverted, rather than stemmed migration, but the effect on Turkish civil liberties is more ambiguous.

Author

• Melle Scholten, University of Virginia