Eficacia frente a principios: políticas de extrema dureza contra la inmigración y el asilo en Estados Unidos y Europa
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2019
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El auge combinado de nacionalismo populista y autoritarismo observable en los últimos años en Europa y Estados Unidos está imponiendo una representación negativa de la inmigración y el asilo que favorece la adopción de políticas crecientemente restrictivas y hostiles. Estas políticas anteponen la eficacia restrictiva a principios y consideraciones morales y, no pocas veces, también al derecho. Algunas de ellas rayan en la crueldad y la inhumanidad. Es una deriva que está alcanzando el paroxismo en Estados Unidos desde la llegada de Donald Trump a la presidencia, pero la Unión Europea (UE) también participa de ella, especialmente en el terreno del asilo. El artículo pasa revista a los rasgos más destacados de las políticas recientes en materia de inmigración y asilo a ambos lados del Atlántico Norte y a sus implicaciones.
The combined rise of populist nationalism and authoritarianism over recent years in Europe and the United States is fostering a negative image of immigration and asylum that favours the adoption of increasingly restrictive and hostile policies. These policies prioritise restrictive efficacy over moral principles and considerations and, quite often, over the law. Some of them border on cruelty and inhumanity. This shift has reached a peak in the United States since Donald Trump’s presidency began, but the European Union (EU) also plays its part, especially in the field of asylum. This paper reviews the most prominent features of recent immigration and asylum policies on both sides of the North Atlantic and their implications.
The combined rise of populist nationalism and authoritarianism over recent years in Europe and the United States is fostering a negative image of immigration and asylum that favours the adoption of increasingly restrictive and hostile policies. These policies prioritise restrictive efficacy over moral principles and considerations and, quite often, over the law. Some of them border on cruelty and inhumanity. This shift has reached a peak in the United States since Donald Trump’s presidency began, but the European Union (EU) also plays its part, especially in the field of asylum. This paper reviews the most prominent features of recent immigration and asylum policies on both sides of the North Atlantic and their implications.