Gadzhimuradova G.I., Apanovich M.Y., Medved V.A. Securitization of the Migration Policy of European Countries in the Era of Migration Turbulence. Questions of National and Federative Relations, 2020, Vol. 10, Issue 10 (67), pp. 2494-2505.

Abstract

Global socio-economic and political crises caused by the wide range of interrelated factors have led to a significant increase in migration flows in the modern world. Migration management issues for many countries has become the top issue on the political agenda. The growing proportion of migrants in the population of most European countries, the lack of a coordinated position of the countries of destination of migrants, the increase in the number of offenses related to migrants, and the low level of integration of some migrants force European states to follow the path of tightening migration policies in order to ensure national security. At the same time, the positions of humanism, ensuring the rights of migrants to provide protection are also clearly traced in the European public sphere. In this sense, certain measures of European states aimed at securitizing migration policy are in conflict with the principles of humanism that underlie the policy of hospitality and assistance to refugees. This article is devoted to the analysis of the reasons and consequences of the tightening of the migration policy of some European countries in connection with the growth of migration flows from some Arab-Muslim states as a result of the refugee crisis. The paper presents a comparative analysis of modern migration policy measures in France, Great Britain and the Nordic countries aimed at ensuring national security and reducing the threat of uncontrolled migration. The work uses elements of statistical, comparative and formalized analysis based on collecting and processing information, studying and comparing facts and identifying cause-and-effect relationships between them.