CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Barendson Boscu, Marina |
|---|---|
| Title | Far from Eye, Far from Heart: How Externalization through the 2023 Iatly-Albania Deal Amplifies Exclusionary Narratives on Migrants |
| Summary | The thesis examines how the 2023 Italy-Albania migration deal is legitimized or opposed in Italian political discourse, and how it constructs externalized migrants compared to those already within Italy. Through a deductive thematic analysis of government and opposition speeches, and drawing on critical scholarship on migration, the study explores how externalization reshapes migrant narratives. Findings show that externalized migrants are framed through intensified racialized, gendered, and securitarian logics, often portrayed as preemptively criminal and undeserving that also serve to legitimize the deal. In contrast, migrants in Italy are governed through conditional inclusion and humanitarian rhetoric. The thesis argues that externalization operates not only as a legal mechanism but as a discursive strategy deriving from colonial legacies. It contributes to migration scholarship by revealing how externalization can produce different migrant narratives. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/barendson_marina.pdf |
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