This volume offers a philosophical analysis of the normative challenges facing European refugee policy. By considering the refugee policy through the lens of European values, cosmopolitan norms, and universal human rights, the chapters expose the limitations of existing regulations and propose how to improve them.

Marie Göbel is a research associate at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bochum, Germany, and the project coordinator of the Digital Kant Center NRW, project location Bochum. From 2019 to 2021, she was a member of the Horizon2020 research project Norms and Values in the European Migration and Refugee Crisis (NoVaMigra). Her research focuses on human rights, human dignity, metaethical questions and Kant's practical philosophy. She is the author of Human Dignity as the Ground of Human Rights: A Study in Moral Philosophy and Legal Practice (2019) and several papers on Kant and human dignity.

Andreas Niederberger is professor of political, legal and social philosophy and deputy chair of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He was coordinator of the Horizon2020 research project Norms and Values in the European Migration and Refugee Crisis (NoVaMigra). His research focuses on migration and refugee ethics, human rights, democratic theory, theories of normativity and social ontology. Among his publications are Republican Democracy: Liberty, Law and Politics (co-edited with Philipp Schink, 2013), Internationale Politische Theorie (co-edited with R. Kreide, 2016) and Klimawandel und Ethik (co-edited with J. Gehrmann, R. Langer, 2020).

Introduction Marie Göbel & Andreas Niederberger Part 1: The European 'Refugee Crisis': A Crisis of What? 1. Europe's Migration Policy between a Global and Local Legitimation Crisis Andreas Niederberger 2. The European 'Refugee Crisis' as a Crisis of European Cosmopolitanism: EU Refugee Policy and Non-Members' Normative Powers Therese Herrmann 3. The 'Refugee Crisis': A Crisis of the European Asylum System Matthias Hoesch Part 2: Making Sense of 'European Values' 4. What Are European Values? Philosophical Reflections on an Opaque Political Concept Marie Göbel 5. Values, Goals, Norms: Some Remarks on Their Relationship Philipp Schink 6. References to European Values in the Political Sphere: Functions, Limits and Possibilities Regina Polak Part 3: Normative Consequences of European Values 7. Human Dignity and the EU's Moral Obligations toward Non-Europeans Marcus Düwell 8. Human Rights and the EU's Responsibilities toward Refugees Jos Philips 9. EU Refugee Policy: Cosmopolitan and/or Democratic? Martin Deleixhe 10. The Future of Europe's Refugee Policy: Normative Conclusions and Recommendations Marie Göbel & Andreas Niederberger