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Vermeulen, Gabrielle (2018)

The securitisation of migration during the refugee crisis: The role of the EU institutes.

Master thesis | International Relations (MA)

This research aims to look at the securitisation of migration during the refugee crisis. It looks at the role of the EU institutions in securitising the issue of migration, specifically from the time period of 2015 to 2017, which is a time described as a ‘refugee crisis’ in the European Union. By looking at specific EU documents, reports and speeches alongside analysing the actual policies and practices that the EU took during this time, it is shown that securitisation of migration is happening in the practices and policies that the EU introduces. The securitisation of migration in actual speeches, however, is more nuanced and is embedded in the humanitarian principles that EU upholds.

securitisation

migration

EU

Author

Vermeulen, Gabrielle

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

MA International Relations

Supervisors

Rood, Jan

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en