Production of Mobility Options: Migration and Border Management in the Eastern Partnership of the EU.
The project examines the production of mobility options in the course of migration and border management between the European Union (EU) and two Eastern European states (Ukraine and Moldova). It examines negotiation processes within the framework of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) on the establishment and design of regulatory infrastructures. Thereby, migration-related categorizations and attributions are (re-)produced, which translate into entry, return and controlpractices towards individuals and groups. For this sub-project, regulatory infrastructures are understood to be of four types: (i) legally binding agreements between the EU and the EaP states, (ii) politically binding agreements, (iii) multilateral policy networks and (iv) operational cooperation formats. While (i) and (ii) set the political-legal framework for action, (iii) and (iv) primarily serve to implement it and to build capacity in migration and border management.