This thesis investigates how the European Union's (EU) securitization of migrants has rendered it vulnerable to, and facilitated the ability for, external transit states to weaponize migrants against it. Focusing on the 2016 EU-Turkey crisis and the 2021 crisis at the Belarus-EU border, this study explores the nexus between securitization, The EU’s migration policies of externalisation, and coercive engineered migration. It argues that the EU's framing of migration as a security threat has created opportunities for transit states like Turkey and Belarus to exploit migration for political coercion and gains. By analysing the vulnerabilities inherent in EU migration governance by using qualitative case study analysis, this thesis highlights the need for a re-evaluation of EU policies and migration management. Ultimately, understanding and addressing these dynamics are essential for mitigating the EU's vulnerability to weaponized migration and maintaining regional stability.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-68822 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Hepple, Joseph |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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