
The Migration Question
Politics, Economics and the Failure of Border Security
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The Migration Question
Politics, Economics and the Failure of Border Security
About this book
This authoritative book proposes a fresh perspective on international migration, offering decisive answers to the big questions, and dismantling the main myths surrounding one of the most salient issues of today’s global politics. Who are these migrants? Do they steal our jobs? Can we help them in their home countries? Do border controls improve security? Are open borders desirable? Leila Simona Talani and Matilde Rosina address these issues and more in their deeply researched study of migration into both Europe and the United States.
Assessing globalisation’s impact on international migration, the authors find that it is virtually impossible to stop contemporary flows from the Global South to North. In this context, policies designed to control, limit or deter immigration simply transform some or all regular migrants into irregular ones—exacerbating insecurity for citizens of the receiving state, and criminalising the migrants.
Through empirical research including original surveys and interviews, Talani and Rosina demonstrate conclusively that the only solution to this short-circuit world of securitisation and criminalisation is for the Global North to open its doors to the migrants already, inevitably, coming through—particularly since the evidence shows that regularising migration is a positive-sum game, in economic, social and security terms.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Who Are the Migrants, and Why Do Migrants Migrate?
- 1. Can Migration Be Stopped?
- 2. Does Deterrence Work?
- 3. Do Border Controls Increase Security? The Case of ‘Fortress Europe’
- 4. Do Migrants Steal Our Jobs?
- 5. Do Migrants Commit More Crimes?
- 6. Migration as the Trojan Horse for Terrorism?
- 7. Who Wins and Who Loses from Irregular Migration?
- 8. ‘Let’s Help Them at Home!’: Migration and Populism
- 9. Should We Have Open Borders?
- Conclusion: The Migration Questions
- Appendix: Figures, Tables, and Maps
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover