The Jungle vs. the Garden: The Concepts of “Care” and “Control” in EU Asylum Policies and Migration Governance

The European Union’s accommodative and coordinated response to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of the country on February 24th, 2022, was vastly different from its restrictive and fragmented response to refugee fleeing conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, and other conflict zones. To elucidate the differences between the 2022 and 2015 responses, this paper examines two key policy documents: the European Commission’s Agenda on Migration from May 2015, and the Council