Jonas Bornemann’s (Fellow 2024-25) re:constitution project examined how current reforms in EU migration law increasingly frame migration as a security concern. By analysing initiatives such as the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and changes to the Schengen acquis, the project explored the phenomenon of collective securitisation based on the shared perception among European institutions and member states that migration itself poses a risk.
Together with Raphael Bossong, he has published an article at SWP Aktuell entitled “Forty Years of Schengen - From an Integration Project to a Permanent Construction Site in the Shadow of EU Asylum Policy” analysing how the Schengen system has come under increasing pressure. Despite reforms to strengthen border management and the EU asylum system, several member states continue to maintain internal border controls. Germany plays a particularly prominent role, not least through the expansion of controls and systematic refusals of asylum seekers.
The publication is available in German and as open access here.
Wed 08 Oct 2025
Forty Years of Schengen - From an Integration Project to a Permanent Construction Site in the Shadow of EU Asylum Policy
