Securitizing Immigration

RENS VAN MUNSTER is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and teaches security studies at the Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark. His research focuses on the politics of risk and the securitization of immigration in the EU. His work has been published in international peer reviewed journals, including Alternatives, European Journal of International Relations, International Relations and Security Dialogue.

• Introduction Immigration and the Emergence of a European Threat Environment The Maastricht Treaty: The Formalization of the Immigration/Security Nexus Amsterdam and Beyond: Immigration and the Establishment of an AFSJ Freedom, Mobility and Abjection: The Management of Immigration Risk in the AFSJ Unmaking Security, Remaking Belonging Conclusion: The EU as an Area of Security, Security and … Security