Human Security and Migration in Europe's Southern Borders

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 1-8 Towards Migration Governance (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 9-29 Challenges to Transnational Migration (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 31-49 Borders in the Age of Human Mobility (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 51-65 Policies and Practices on Migration in the EU (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 67-85 EU Border Management: Towards an Effective Control? (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 87-106 Managing Migration in the Mediterranean (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 107-130 Narratives on Migration: From Words to Perceptions (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 131-144 A Southern Mediterranean Migration Model (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 145-178 The Specificities of the Migration Model (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 179-192 Conclusions (Susana Ferreira)....Pages 193-203 Back Matter ....Pages 205-211