ABSTRACT

This concluding chapter aims to give an outlook on the present and near future based on the knowledge we gained through reading Lives in Transit. The idea of Europe build by the European Union is put at the centre, being tackled by the suggestive and provocative image of an ‘Europeanization from below’ enacted by the protagonists of this book. To what extent will the ‘new Europe’ involve the idea of Europeanization from below that attempts to overcome the social inequalities created by the Dublin Regulation? This chapter sheds light on the structural crisis of the European Union and its institutions by critically discussing the restrictive migration policies and control measures deployed in the last three years. A re-bordering process emerges through new EU and national policies that aim to block and limit the internal mobility of non-Europeans. Thus, ‘which Europe?’ will be the next challenge of the near future. And for whom this new European project will be is a related issue. Who will be involved and who excluded? Subjectivities in transit finally open up reflection on which ‘future Europe’ we dream of and are ready to build.