Keywords
Migración irregular, Solicitantes de asilo, Políticas migratorias, Australia e Italia, Migración marítima, Política exterior, Irregular migration, Asylum seekers, Migration policy, Australia and Italy, Maritime migration, Foreign policy
A sea of difference? Australian and Italian approaches to irregular migration and seaborne asylum seekers
Abstract
Aunque las políticas de Australia e Italia sobre la migración marítima irregular han sido ampliamente debatidas, raramente se han analizado conjuntamente. Este artículo aborda ese vacío mediante un análisis comparativo de las políticas adoptadas por ambos países entre 2000 y principios de 2022. Basándose en teorías sobre la recepción de migrantes irregulares, el estudio examina convergencias y divergencias a partir de tres dimensiones analíticas: presiones internas, presiones internacionales y la tensión entre el imperativo moral y el interés nacional. Los resultados muestran que las diferencias sociopolíticas internas explican por qué ambos países han adoptado en ocasiones políticas opuestas, mientras que presiones internacionales similares han conducido a medidas comparables. El análisis también revela contradicciones en la identidad de Australia como potencia media y “buen ciudadano internacional”, así como la posición ambivalente de Italia entre la política de poder y los esfuerzos humanitarios.
While Australian and Italian policies on irregular maritime migration are widely debated, they have seldom been examined together. This article addresses this gap through a comparative analysis of the two countries’ policies between 2000 and early 2022. Drawing on theories concerning the reception of irregular migrants, it analyses their convergences and discrepancies through a framework comprising domestic pressures, international pressures and the tension between the moral imperative and national interest. The study finds that contrasting socio-political characteristics domestically explain why Canberra and Rome have at times adopted opposite policies, whereas similar international pressures help clarify the implementation of comparable measures. The article also highlights contradictions in Australia’s middle power identity and “good international citizenship”, as well as Italy’s ambivalent posture between great power politics and humanitarian commitments.
While Australian and Italian policies on irregular maritime migration are widely debated, they have seldom been examined together. This article addresses this gap through a comparative analysis of the two countries’ policies between 2000 and early 2022. Drawing on theories concerning the reception of irregular migrants, it analyses their convergences and discrepancies through a framework comprising domestic pressures, international pressures and the tension between the moral imperative and national interest. The study finds that contrasting socio-political characteristics domestically explain why Canberra and Rome have at times adopted opposite policies, whereas similar international pressures help clarify the implementation of comparable measures. The article also highlights contradictions in Australia’s middle power identity and “good international citizenship”, as well as Italy’s ambivalent posture between great power politics and humanitarian commitments.
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