The Influence of Right Wing Populism on Migration Policy in the EU During the Migration Crisis

Student: Venikova Daria

Supervisor: Anna A. Dekalchuk

Faculty: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

Educational Programme: Political Science and World Politics (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This research has attempted to connect the activity of radical right-wing populist parties with immigration policies of the European counties in context of the migration crisis in 2015-2016. The features of right-wing populist parties are examined. In the framework of theoretical analysis, the potential factors, influencing the migration agenda are developed. The empirical part of the research is represented by a crisp set QCA based on the identified conditions. As a result, the conclusion of the impossibility of approving or disapproving of the proposed hypotheses. The suggestions of developing the research are put forward.

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