The Securitisation of Migration in the EU: Debates Since 9/11

by Gabriella Lazaridis (Editor), Khursheed Wadia (Editor)

Overview

Since 9/11 Western states have sought to integrate 'securitisation' measures within migration regimes as asylum seekers and other migrant categories come to be seen as agents of social instability or as potential terrorists. Treating migration as a security threat has therefore increased insecurity amongst migrant and ethnic minority populations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137480576
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Series:	The European Union in International Affairs
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	247
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Don Flynn, Director, Migrant Rights Network, UK Lena Karaminidou Lecturer, Department of Sociology, City University, UK Anna-Maria Konsta, Associate Professor in European Politics and Law, American College of Thessaloniki, Greece Gabriella Lazaridis, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, UK Mark Maguire, Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Laura Zahra McDonald, Founder and Co-Director of ConnectJustice, UK Awale Olad, Public and Parliamentary Affairs Officer at Migrants' Rights Network, UK Vicki Squire, Associate Professor of International Security, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK Emanuele Toscano, Researcher, University G. Marconi, Italy, and Associate Research Fellow, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologique), Paris, France Vasiliki Tsagkroni, Research Associate, University of Leicester, UK Khursheed Wadia, Principal Research Fellow, University of Warwick, UK, and Overseas Research Fellow, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologique), Paris, France

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
INTRODUCTION
PART I: SECURITISATION OF MIGRATION
1. The Securitisation of Migration: an Absent Presence?; Vicki Squire
2. The Securitisation of European Migration Policies: Perceptions of Threat and Management of Risk; Lena Karamanidou
3. Migrants in the Realm of Experts: the Migration-crime-terrorist Nexus after 9/11; Mark Maguire
PART II: SECURITISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON MIGRANT AND ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES
4. Regimes of Insecurity: Women and Immigration Detention in Europe; Khursheed Wadia
5. Impact and Insecurity: the Securitisation of State Relations with British Muslim Communities; Laura Zahra McDonald
6. The Securitisation of Disadvantaged Communities: the Case of British-Somalis; Don Flynn and Awale Olad
PART III: POPULIST RESPONSES TO SECURITISATION AND MIGRATION IN A CRISIS EUROPE
7. The Rise of Italian Populism and 'Fascism of the 3rd Millenium' in the Age of Migration and Security; Emanuele Toscano
8. Identitarian Populism: Securitisation of Migration and the Far Right in Times of Economic Crisis in Greece and the UK; Gabriella Lazaridis and Anna Maria Konsta
9. Securitisation of Migration and Far Right Populist 'othering' in Scandinavian Countries; Gabriella Lazaridis and Vasiliki Tsagkroni
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'This is an ambitious, nuanced and challenging overview of the ways in which migration to the EU has become the subject of policy discourses focused on security and the policing of borders. It addresses questions that are at the heart of contemporary politics across Europe and the essays in this collection are a striking reminder that critical scholarship has an important role to play in challenging received wisdoms.' John Solomos, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

Editorial Reviews

Gabriella Lazardis and Khursheed Wadia, in their edited collection on The Securitisation of Migration in the EU, critically examine the securitization of immigration measures adopted by European states post-9/11, and how treating migration as a security threat has increased insecurity among immigrant ethnic minorities and long-settled Muslim communities. … a significant contribution to increasing understanding of how a multiple, overlapping set of institutions that includes the media, academia and politicians (mis)represent Muslims.” (Sadek Hamid, Patterns of Prejudice, Vol. 51 (2), March, 2017)

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