The securitization of migration: A racial discourse

被引：136

作者：

Ibrahim, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sussex, Inst Dev Studies, Brighton, E Sussex, England

来源：

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION | 2005年 / 43卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00345.x

中图分类号：

C921 [人口统计学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

As we enter the informational economy, freedom of human mobility has nearly disappeared. Instead, powerful words are travelling the globe unhindered: risk and security. They are being strung together with the present "migration phenomena", leaving migrants bound by the chain of the new security discourse: the securitization of migration. This discourse is racism's most modern form. Discursive practices, as seen through the press's portrayal of 599 migrants reaching Canada's western coast, have transformed migrants into agents which threaten "human security". How discourse informs government policy is illustrated through an examination of Canada's new immigration legislation.

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