Refugee/Migration flows and security issues in Europe

Abstract

The present dissertation examines how the refugee and migration flows have impacted the security issues in Europe; or in other words, the way that refugee and migrant flows are securitized in Europe. It addresses the factors informing views about asylum seekers’ impact on health, economy, identity and security in Europe. However, the main question that this dissertation analyses is; whether the concerns about refugees’ and migrants’ impact on the above-mentioned thematics are actually reflective of the prevailing state of affairs or are they scapegoated for the current EU crisis and the several difficulties that occur without the adequate data to justify the condemnations.