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Dealing with Migration at an Institutional Level: The Collective Securitization Actions of the European Union

  • Didem Doğanyılmaz Duman ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Gökhan Duman and Gül Oral
Published/Copyright: March 6, 2023

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.


Corresponding author: Didem Doğanyılmaz Duman, Political Science and Public Administration, İzmir Democracy University, Karabaglar, İzmir 35140, Türkiye, E-mail:

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Received: 2022-06-12
Accepted: 2023-02-07
Published Online: 2023-03-06

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