Migration expert Bastian Vollmer explores the contentious issue of irregular migration in the highly-charged contexts of Germany and the UK. Through policy and discourse analysis the author explains why, despite the differing contexts and migration histories, German and British policy responses to the issue are now on a convergent path.

Autorentext
Bastian A. Vollmer is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Policy Discourses, Frames, Methods 3. United Kingdom 4. Germany 5. Comparative Meta-frames 6. Concluding Remarks