Justice and Home Affairs

Boswell, Christina

doi:10.1057/9780230279445_12

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“…There is a reach body of literature on the EU and migration issue. Boswell identifies three sub-bodies of literature (Boswell 2010). She argues that the initial one was highly descriptive and involved essentially normative critiques of the impact of harmonization on the rights of immigrants (Ibid.…”

Section: The Eu Approach To Migrationmentioning

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Securitizing Migration in the European Union: from Openness to Ban-Opticon

Glušac¹

2014

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This paper offers a view on why and how migrations have been perceived as a security threat in the European Union. The underlining question posed is how the ambition of EU nation-states to control the entry and movement of people can be reconciled with liberal standards promoting human rights, open borders and humanitarian values. The author uses the theory of securitization, Didier Bigo's concept of Ban-opticon and human security concept as theoretical grounds, while the normative and political discourse analyses are utilized to show the EU practice. The intention is to show that while the number of migrants has not been significantly change in the last years, the public perception is different, especially due to the Arab Spring. The EU, which integration and long-time economic success would not be possible without constant influx of the immigrants, in the recent years developed people unfriendly migration control system. I argue that such system came as a result of several factors, most notably societal securitization. As the Arab turmoil coincides with the post 9/11 changes in security policies, economic crisis and the rise of far right parties in several EU Member States, the migration issue has been increasingly securitized. EU's legal norms and methods follow such societal securitization. Tight border control (including increased surveillance), usage of buffer zones and externalization of border control are crucial EU methods of dealing with migration. The author concludes that while migrations have a clear security dimension, they are best addressed through rights-based policies.

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Section: The Eu Approach To Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Securitizing Migration in the European Union: from Openness to Ban-Opticon

Glušac¹

2014

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Justice and Home Affairs

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Securitizing Migration in the European Union: from Openness to Ban-Opticon

Securitizing Migration in the European Union: from Openness to Ban-Opticon

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