Abstract
Migration has been placed high on the agenda by the EU as being securitized related to policy changes as well as border security. Growing numbers of irregular migrants have paved the way for a systematic coordination and a consequent regional response in the region; therefore, dedicated security-based policies have been revised. This research analyzes the response that the EU put in action to the irregular migration due to the Arab Uprisings within the scope of collective securitization, and answers the question of why the EU has needed to respond to the demographic changes in the neighborhood as a supra-national securitizing actor. The empirical part of the research will be limited to the policy changes in the European Neighborhood Policy and the Schengen Agreement within the framework of institutional response between 2011 and 2015.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Dealing with Migration at an Institutional Level: The Collective Securitization Actions of the European Union
- Power in Global Governance: Power without Rulers?
- Revisiting Dependency and Development in the Age of Globalization
- Review Essay
- Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás. Capitalism and the Sea; Ashley L. Cohen. The Global Indies. British Imperial Culture and the Reshaping of the World, 1756–1815; Caroline Ritter. Imperial Encore. The Cultural Project of the Late British Empire
- Book Reviews
- Matthew Gandy: Natura Urbana: Ecological Constellations in Urban Space
- Brian Rouleau: Empire’s Nursery: Children’s Literature and the Origins of the American Century