| Summary/Abstract |
Despite sensationalizing media coverage that depicts immigration in terms of “human floods” and other “aquatic metaphors,” Luedtke argues that the European Union has steadily and quietly developed a common immigration policy closely linked to the union’s overarching project of political integration. He observes, “Europeanization has redefined what it means to be a foreigner and has made it easier to circulate freely inside the EU.” Even though national leaders continue to use the EU as a scapegoat for populist complaints about foreigners, Luedtke says most leaders recognize that the only way to effectively control immigration on a national level is to pool resources and sovereignty “to better protect the EU’s external borders.”
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