- Marmara Üniversitesi Avrupa Topluluğu Enstitüsü Araştırmaları Dergisi
- Vol: 23 Issue: 1
- ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE RE-SECURITIZATION OF MIGRATION IN EUROPE
ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE RE-SECURITIZATION OF MIGRATION IN EUROPE
Authors : Aylin Ünver Noi
Pages : 89-107
Doi:10.29228/mjes.408
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Publication Date : 2015-06-29
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Europe has faced with a huge immigration crisis due to a mass immigration flow from war-torn countries of the Middle East and North Africa recent years. Migration flow from mostly Muslim countries not only led to the discussions on the necessity of a real common migration policy for the EU with appropriate tools to regulate the flow of immigrants among countries including visa quotas distributed among EU states, a willingness to share responsibility for the settlement of refugees, acceptance of refugee claims but also re-opened the debate of the integration of immigrants in their societies. Moreover, recruitment of Islamic State (ISIL) jihadists from among young European Muslims in European states has raised doubts about the re-securitization of migration in Europe. I used the term "re-securitization” because migration was already securitized after the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States (2001) and the following Al-Qaeda bombings in Madrid (2004) and London (2005). This article evaluates the perceived image of Muslim immigrants by examining three different eras: the post-Cold War era, the post 9/11 era and the post-Arab Spring era and its evolution from "cultural threat” to "terror threat”. It analyzes the far-right parties’ discourse and speech acts in Europe, which have affected mainstream parties’ construction of the Muslim immigrants as an existential threat and legitimized their extraordinary measures to contain it. Finally, it focuses on the possible impact of the ISIL threat on the re-securitization of migration in Europe.Keywords : Irak ve Şam İslam devleti (İŞİD), Avrupa Birliği, güvenlikleştirme, algılama, göç