The Securitisation of Migration in the EU - (European Union in International Affairs) by Gabriella Lazaridis & Khursheed Wadia (Hardcover)

About the Book

"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 seeking to exploit immigration systems. But the upshot of treating migration as a security threat is the increased insecurity amongst migrant and ethnic minority populations in the West and particularly among those from Muslim majority countries or long-settled Muslim communities. This study of migration and security therefore considers whether national-societal or human-centric perspectives should be adopted, and whether the divergent and competing approaches to security (national, societal, human) can or should ever be reconciled. The questions arising from this dilemma are important for academics, policy-makers and the general public"--

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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)

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