The securitisation of migration: Its limits and consequences
| Date | 01 November 2019 |
| Author | Krzysztof Jaskulowski |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512118799755 |
| Published date | 01 November 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Review Article |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512118799755
International Political Science Review
2019, Vol. 40(5) 710 –720
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The securitisation of migration:
Its limits and consequences
Krzysztof Jaskulowski
SWSP University, Poland
Abstract
For several years, receiving-country states have increasingly defined immigration as a security issue. This
article reviews five recent books that analyse the securitisation of migration from different perspectives. The
reviewed books address the securitisation of borders, refugees and their protection, and the consequences
of securitisation for migrant minorities. All five books offer a valuable contribution to the literature and
expand our knowledge. They fill gaps in existing knowledge, review and systematise the literature, and set
new directions for future research. They also convincingly demonstrate the dangers and ambivalence of
securitisation politics, including thousands of migrants’ deaths and difficulties with migrant integration. They
provoke the reader to think about alternatives to securitisation.
Keywords
Securitisation, borders, refugees, protection, migrants
Books under review
Reece Jones, Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move. London: Verso, 2016; 224 pp.:
ISBN 9781784784713, $27.95 (hbk), ASIN B01B0K5YMM, $16.95 (222 pp.) (ebk), ISBN
9781784784744, $16.95 (pbk).
Maurizio Albahari, Crimes of Peace: Mediterranean Migrations at the World’s Deadliest
Border. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015; 288 pp.: ISBN 9780812223828,
$26.50 (pbk), ISBN ISBN 9780812291728, $26.50 (ebk).
Raffaela Puggioni, Rethinking International Protection: The Sovereign, the State, the Refugee.
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016; XI, 233 pp.: ISBN 9781137483096, $109.99 (hbk), ISBN
9781137483102, $84.99 (ebk).
Corresponding author:
Krzysztof Jaskulowski, The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities,
Chodakowska 19/31, Warsaw, 03-815, Poland.
Email: krzysztofja@interia.pl
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