Human Security and Migration in Europe's Southern Borders

This book examines the management of migratory flows in the Mediterranean within an international security perspective. The intense migratory flows registered during the year 2015 and the tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea have tested the mechanisms of the Union's immigration and asylum policies and its ability to respond to humanitarian crises. Moreover, these flows of varying intensities and geographies represent a threat to the internal security of the EU and its member states. By using Spain and Italy as case studies, the author theorizes that the EU, given its inability to adopt and implement a common policy to effectively manage migratory flows on its Southern border, uses a deterrence strategy based on minimum common denominators.

Presents an innovative comparative analysis of two South European countries' approach to migration management Goes beyond a theoretic approach to migration and border management, to a case study perspective, to assess new lines of approach to those issues Offers a new insight on key critical moments on the EU's migration management strategy

Autorentext
Susana Ferreira is Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI), NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, and the Research Centre on Security and Defense, Portuguese Military University Institute (CISDIUM).

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Towards migration governance.- 3. Challenges to transnational migration.- 4. Borders in the age of human mobility.- 5. Policies and practices on migration in the EU.- 6. EU Border Management: towards an effective control?.- 7. Managing migration in the Mediterranean.- 8. Narratives on migration: from words to perceptions.- 9. A Southern Mediterranean migration model.- 10. The specificities of the migration model.- 11. Conclusions.