The Securitisation of Migration in the EU

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Gabriella Lazaridis, Khursheed Wadia

      Pages 1-16

3. Securitisation of Migration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. The Securitisation of Migration: An Absent Presence?

      • Vicki Squire

      Pages 19-36

   3. The Securitisation of European Migration Policies: Perceptions of Threat and Management of Risk

      • Lena Karamanidou

      Pages 37-61

   4. Migrants in the Realm of Experts: The Migration-Crime-Terrorist Nexus after 9/11

      • Mark Maguire

      Pages 62-87

4. Securitisation and Its Impacts on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Regimes of Insecurity: Women and Immigration Detention in France and Britain

      • Khursheed Wadia

      Pages 91-118

   3. Impact and Insecurity: The Securitisation of State Relations with British Muslim Communities

      • Laura Zahra McDonald

      Pages 119-141

   4. The Securitisation of Disadvantaged Communities: The Case of British-Somalis

      • Don Flynn, Awale Olad

      Pages 142-164

5. Populist Responses to Securitisation and Migration in a Crisis Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. The Rise of Italian Populism and ‘Fascism of the Third Millennium’ in the Age of Migration and Security

      • Emanuele Toscano

      Pages 167-183

   3. Identitarian Populism: Securitisation of Migration and the Far Right in Times of Economic Crisis in Greece and the UK

      • Gabriella Lazaridis, Anna-Maria Konsta

      Pages 184-206

   4. Securitisation of Migration and Far Right Populist Othering in Scandinavian Countries

      • Gabriella Lazaridis, Vasiliki Tsagkroni

      Pages 207-236

6. Back Matter

   Pages 237-247

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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.

• Far right
• Europe
• securitization
• migration
• immigration
• Asylum
• crime
• European Union (EU)
• european union politics

“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)

'This is an ambitious, nuanced and challenging overview of the ways in which migration to the EU has become the subject of policy discourses focused on security and the policing of borders. It addresses questions that are at the heart of contemporary politics across Europe and the essays in this collection are a striking reminder that critical scholarship has an important role to play in challenging received wisdoms.' John Solomos, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK

• University of Leicester, UK

  Gabriella Lazaridis

• University of Warwick, UK

  Khursheed Wadia

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

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