In order to understand the sharp turns in Sweden's migration policy during the 2015 migration crisis, it is important to examine how parliamentary parties have treated asylum and immigration policy as a security issue. The essay answers the following research question: How did the investigated parliamentary parties securitized the migration question? The purpose is to clarify to what extent these parties have securitized the migration issue, and whether there are differences or similarities in the parties' securitization of the migration issue. Based on the purpose of the study, I chose a qualitative argumentation analysis as the methodological tool for the essay. I delimited the paper to study three of eight parliamentary parties, the Social Democrats, the Moderates and the Sweden Democrats based on their positions on the migration issue, and that they were the three largest parties in the Swedish parliament 2015. In terms of time, I demarcated the study from September 2015 to June 2016. Based on the time limit, I chose nine official debates in the Swedish parliament, two official texts from the Social Democratically controlled government and two motions from the Sweden Democrats that are close in time and relevant during the refugee crisis. The essay concludes that the Moderates' securitization was to some extent in line with the Social Democrats'; both parties noted that the refugee crisis caused by the EU's non-responsibility allocation put pressure on important social functions. The Social Democrats' immigration policy underwent a total reversal from the historically generous to a more restrictive asylum policy during the migration crisis in 2015. Social Democrats' securitization of migration in autumn 2015 testifies to the fact that the party has started to move towards the Sweden Democrats' policy regarding a more restrictive immigration to Sweden. The Sweden Democrats' securitization of immigration is different from that of the Social Democrats and Moderates. The Sweden Democrats' arguments refer to the pressure on important social functions such as the Social Democrats and the Moderates. Then it connects and argues that such a situation affects Swedish society and Swedes. Results show how the securitization of the migration crisis in 2015 led to the Social Democrats' changed asylum policy from the historically generous to a restrictive asylum policy that is in line with the Sweden Democrats, despite differences of opinions and arguments.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-453402 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Azizzada, Omid |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| 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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