The countering of migration with security
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, Europeanization received a particular boost in the European Union with the idea of creating a „Common European Asylum System“ (CEAS). Even a statement by Spain’s then-acting Foreign Minister Pique shortly after the attacks shows how immigration and terrorism were now directly linked: „The reinforcement of the fight against illegal immigration is also the reinforcement of the fight against terrorism.“ Concerns about the negative impact of migration on, for example, economic prosperity, national identity, social order, and state sovereignty preceded 9/11, but they transformed concerns into migration-related security fears. In Germany, too, the events ... continue reading
