| Title: | Inside the system, outside the club : Serbia at the edges of Europe’s migration regime |
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| Authors: | ID Stojić Mitrović, Marta (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  IČKZ - Institute for the Journal for the Critique of Science
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| Abstract: | This text critically examines Serbia’s integration into the European Union’s migration regime between 2015 and 2025. It explores Serbia's transition from a peripheral transit
zone to a strategic location for containment, deportation, and enhanced border securitisation. Rather than being a passive partner, Serbia has proactively restructured its legal,
institutional, and operational landscape to align with the EU's priorities for controlling migration. The study explores the layered and incremental processes through which this
alignment has occurred, including legal harmonisation with the EU acquis, bilateral and trilateral policing agreements, the deployment of Frontex personnel, and the introduction
of digital return infrastructures and biometric surveillance systems. These are often presented under the guise of technical assistance, regional cooperation, or humanitarian
support. At the same time, the EU’s political and financial investments have turned Serbia’s geographical location and enforcement capacity into commodities, giving them operational
legitimacy while denying the country the rights, protections, and decision-making power granted to member states. This asymmetrical arrangement positions Serbia both as an executor and as a product of EU externalisation policies. The text concludes that
Serbia’s experience is emblematic of a broader European trend: migration control is being outsourced; legal safeguards are being eroded; and rights are being distributed selectively.
This is reshaping the very geography of European governance. |
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| Keywords: | EU border and migration regime, Serbia, externalisation, Western Balkans, sovereignty |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.01.2026 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 89-112 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 53, št. 295 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-28260  |
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| UDC: | 314.117-054.72-027.583 |
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| ISSN on article: | 0351-4285 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 269377283 |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 20.03.2026 |
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| Views: | 477 |
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