The Securitization of Migration in Western Societies: Ambivalent Discourses and Policies

Irregular maritime migration as a global phenomenon

“…Some of the other consequences of securitising migration discussed in the literature include aspects related to migrant integration (Ceyhan & Tsoukala, 2002;Huysmans, 2000;Mulvey, 2010) as well as the heightened expectations of the public that governments should, and are able to, control transnational movements across their borders (Faist, 2004, p. 4). Issues of human security are also addressed, as well as the tensions between national security concerns and human security, which 'broadens the scope of security analysis and policy from terri torial security to the security of people' (Gomez & Gasper, 2013), especially in relation to migration policies and the negative impacts on migrants (Doneys, 2011).…”

Negotiations of the 'New World' : The Omnipresence of 'Global' as a Political Phenomenon

“…Ney 1999;Litfin 1999) and migration (e.g. Ceyhan and Tsoukala 2002;Huysmans 1995Huysmans , 2002a, but also HIV/AIDS (e.g. Peterson 2002/3;Elbe 2006), as well as less obvious issues, such as the 'securitisation of Africa' through the UK Blair Government, analysed by Rita Abrahamsen (2005).…”

Combating Football Crowd Disorder at the European Level: An Ongoing Institutionalisation of the Control of Deviance

“…Yet the persistence of football crowd disorder at international matches and, above all, the rising politicisation of security-related issues in the post-bipolar era (Waever et al, 1993;Bigo, 1994Bigo, , 2002Bigo, , 2008Lipshutz, 1995;Huysmans, 1995Huysmans, , 2004Huysmans, , 2006Anderson, 1996;Buzan et al, 1998;C eyhan and Tsoukala, 2002;Ericson, 2007), the widespread concern about risk-producing criminal and deviant behaviours, and the ensuing requirement to design social control policies likely to efficiently counter all sources of disorder in society led, inter alia, to the inclusion of football hooliganism in the lis t of the phenomena tha t were thought to pose a serious threat on the security of the EU countries. C onsequently, from the late 1990s onwards, the C ouncil of the EU addressed the issue through an array of both specific counterhooliganism and broad-sweeping law and order texts, some of which are non-binding.…”