The Securitisation of Migration in the EU Debates Since 9/11

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.

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