“…Second, the crisis‐as‐claim model emphasizes discursive claims as the first step towards the construction of crises (Spector, ). Initially, securitization scholars likewise focused on speech acts (Emmers, ; Waever, ), but there is a growing consensus that certain practices and work routines may lead to securitization as well, since these convey the message to outside observers that a security threat is present (e.g., interrogation and surveillance of migrants) (Bigo, ; Léonard, ).…”