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Berg, Olaf van den (2024)

Endless migration flows to Europe: the (changed) views of political parties

Bachelor thesis | Politicologie (BSc)

Since 2014, Europe has faced an explosive increase in migrants, leading Europe into a migration crisis. Political parties in European countries have responded differently to this influx of people. This study aims to clarify the relationship between the agenda of these political parties and the European migration crisis. Based on qualitative research, a content analysis was used to study the differences between left-wing, right-wing and centre-parties and how the European migration crisis has impacted these points of view. The analysis shows that political parties with different ideologies about migration react differently to the crisis. The European migration crisis has little to no effect on the agenda of left-wing parties and right-wing parties, but a major effect on the agendas of centre-parties.

Author

Berg, Olaf van den

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Internationale Politiek

Supervisors

Hagen, R.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en