Since 9/11 Western states have sought to integrate 'securitisation' measures within migration regimes as asylum seekers and other migrant categories come to be seen as agents of social instability or as potential terrorists. Treating migration as a security threat has therefore increased insecurity amongst migrant and ethnic minority populations.

Autorentext
Don Flynn, Director, Migrant Rights Network, UK
Lena Karaminidou Lecturer, Department of Sociology, City University, UK
Anna-Maria Konsta, Associate Professor in European Politics and Law, American College of Thessaloniki, Greece
Gabriella Lazaridis, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, UK
Mark Maguire, Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Laura Zahra McDonald, Founder and Co-Director of ConnectJustice, UK
Awale Olad, Public and Parliamentary Affairs Officer at Migrants' Rights Network, UK
Vicki Squire, Associate Professor of International Security, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK
Emanuele Toscano, Researcher, University G. Marconi, Italy, and Associate Research Fellow, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologique), Paris, France
Vasiliki Tsagkroni, Research Associate, University of Leicester, UK
Khursheed Wadia, Principal Research Fellow, University of Warwick, UK, and Overseas Research Fellow, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Centre d'Analyse et d'Intervention Sociologique), Paris, France

Zusammenfassung
'This is an ambitious, nuanced and challenging overview of the ways in which migration to the EU has become the subject of policy discourses focused on security and the policing of borders. It addresses questions that are at the heart of contemporary politics across Europe and the essays in this collection are a striking reminder that critical scholarship has an important role to play in challenging received wisdoms.' John Solomos, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK