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Squire, Vicki (2015) The securitisation of migration : an absent presence? In: Lazaridis, Gabriella and Wadia, Khursheed , (eds.) The Securitization of Migration in the EU. European Union in international affairs . New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137480576
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Abstract
Nearly fifteen years after 9-11, the question of whether or not migration is the subject of securitisation appears to be a question worth interrogating. Is the linkage between migration and security a stable and enduring feature of contemporary society and politics? Or is the assumption of migration’s securitisation misplaced and lacking the appropriate evidence? Some scholars have suggested that migration has, indeed, been addressed as a security issue in both the pre- and post-9/11 period (Huysmans, 2006; van Munster, 2009). Others, by contrast, question whether it is appropriate to claim that migration has been securitised in a context marked by intensified concerns over terrorism (Boswell, 2007a).
Christina Boswell (2007a) suggests that it would not do to simply presume the securitisation of migration, nor would it do to automatically assume that 9/11 led to an intensification of such processes. Rather, she claims that it is important to pay attention to institutional interests and cognitive factors conditioning processes of securitisation (or non-securitisation), if we are to better understand whether or not migration has become articulated and addressed as a security problem in a post-9/11 context. I concur here with Boswell’s suggestion regarding the importance of unpacking processes of securitisation rather than assuming their presence. However, I also want to suggest that her challenge to the claim that migration has been securitized post-9/11 falls short, because it fails to take on board some of the key insights of scholars in the field of critical security studies.
Rather than simply ask whether migration has or has not been securitised post-9/11, I contend that it is more appropriate to pose this as a question regarding as to how far, in what ways, and with what consequences migration been has securitized over the past fifteen years and more. I suggest that this can facilitate appreciation of the securitisation of migration is neither absent nor present in any straightforward way. By contrast, this chapter argues that raising these broader questions can help us to develop appreciation of the securitisation as an absent presence in the contemporary European context.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy, European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects, National security -- European Union countries, Immigrants -- Government policy -- European Union countries, Refugees -- Government policy -- European Union countries | ||||
Series Name: | European Union in international affairs | ||||
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan | ||||
Place of Publication: | New York | ||||
ISBN: | 9781137480576 | ||||
Book Title: | The Securitization of Migration in the EU | ||||
Editor: | Lazaridis, Gabriella and Wadia, Khursheed | ||||
Official Date: | 2015 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 October 2018 | ||||
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