Viola SCORDIA The Cheapest Fare for a Costly Voyage: A Perspective on the Deficiencies of the EU-Turkey Statement on Migration Management

The Cheapest Fare for a Costly Voyage: A Perspective on the Deficiencies of the EU-Turkey Statement on Migration Management Viola Scordia Master’s Thesis supervised by Catherine Wihtol de Wenden Second member of the Jury: Jean-Dominique Giuliani Master... More

The Cheapest Fare for a Costly Voyage: A Perspective on the Deficiencies of the EU-Turkey Statement on Migration Management Viola Scordia Master’s Thesis supervised by Catherine Wihtol de Wenden Second member of the Jury: Jean-Dominique Giuliani Master in European Affairs Stream Europe in the world The objective of the following research is to propose an alternative analysis on the structural deficiencies of the EU-Turkey Statement, which may have contributed to turkey’s decision of February 27th, 2020 to open the border with Greece. Analysing the Statement as act of delegation, through the lenses of the Principal-Agent Model, two elements emerge as source for the agent’s frustration. From a structural perspective what particularly contributed to the agent’s frustration is the non-implementation of the majority of the promised incentives despite the compliant execution of agency. In fact, most incentives promised by the EU in exchange of Turkey’s commitment were non-outcome- Less