The EU : a crisis manager of the external dimension of the refugee crisis?

This study is about the crisis management of the current refugee crisis by the European Union (EU) in non-European countries. The question to what extent the EU is able to manage the current refugee crisis in its external dimension, will be answered. Therefore this study evaluates which crisis management instruments the EU has, by regarding whether the external policies have (or can be used to achieve) the objective of crisis management: the promotion of security and stability. Furthermore, the question will be raised to what extent these instruments can be implemented in a coherent manner to address a crisis. In order to approach the main question, the instruments the EU used in practice to address the refugee crisis are analysed in five crisis-affected countries. Thus, the study addresses the crisis management actions of the EU in these countries and evaluates to what extent they contribute to the overall management of the refugee crisis. Through these steps the question to what extent the EU is able to manage the current refugee crisis will be answered.