Migration from Nigeria and the Future of Global Security

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This book explores the possible (actual, potential and imagined) future security threats migration from Nigeria could pose to Europe, the United States of America, Canada and to some extent Australia. The negative consequences of terrorism, resource curse, extreme poverty, bad governance and illiteracy are highly likely to compound the already existing migration (both legal and illegal migration) from Nigeria to Europe. Given the current nationalist and populist tendencies in the United States of America and many parts of Europe, which have amplified the securitization of migration, the authors argue that the continuous high influx of legal and illegal migrants from Africa is a potential global security case. Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 When Migration is Perceived as a Security Threat 1.2 Migrants from the World’s Most Populous Black Country 1.3 The Structure of Our Analysis Notes Bibliography 2 The Nexus Between Nigerian Migrants and the Future of Global Security 2.1 Causal and Constitutive Explanations 2.2 The Question of Securitisation 2.3 The Problem of Populism Bibliography 3 Population Growth and Instability 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Population Growth 3.3 Economic, Social and Political Instability 3.4 Linguistic Disparity and Population Growth 3.5 Language and Factors of Migration 3.6 Conclusion Bibliography 4 The Burden of Religion and the Fear of Islam 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Religion 4.3 The Burden of Religion 4.4 The Fear of Radical Islam 4.5 Conclusion Bibliography 5 The Future of Global Security 5.1 The Future of Global Politics 5.2 Contextual Analysis of the Behaviour of States in Global Politics Explanatory Theory Contextual International Politics (Part 1) Contextual International Politics (Part 2) Bibliography 6 Mitigating Potential Global Insecurity 6.1 Holistically Mitigating Potential Global Insecurity 6.2 What Nigeria Needs to Do Migration and Underdevelopment The Unnoticed ‘Double-Neglect’ Negative Consequences of Migration Migration as a Contributory Factor to Underdevelopment The Migration and Remittances Problem: Equilibrium as the Solution A Recapitulation 6.3 What Europe and North America Need to Do Bibliography 7 Conclusion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Aristotelian Syllogism 7.3 The Premises 7.4 The Future of Global Security 7.5 Conclusion Bibliography Index