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Nearly 15 years after 9/11, whether or not migration is the subject of securitisation appears to be a question worth asking. Is the linkage between migration and security a stable and enduring feature of contemporary society and politics? Or is the assumption of migration’s securitisation misplaced and lacking the appropriate evidence? Some scholars have suggested that migration has, indeed, been addressed as a security issue in both the pre-and post-9/11 period (Huysmans 2006; Van Munster 2009). Others, by contrast, question whether it is appropriate to claim that migration has been securitised in a context marked by intensified concerns over terrorism (Boswell 2007a).
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Squire, V. (2015). The Securitisation of Migration: An Absent Presence?. In: Lazaridis, G., Wadia, K. (eds) The Securitisation of Migration in the EU. The European Union in International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137480583_2
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