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How does migration affect national security?

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Migration, especially in the last decade, has become a pivotal and challenging issue affecting national security in Europe. It is a complex issue due to its internal and external implications. This study presents a comprehensive literature review analyzing and identifying drivers, actors involved, effects and implications of migration on domestic integration, and its further threats to societies. The study shows migration is widely politicized in which migrants and asylum seekers are considered a challenge to the national security and well-being of the country. The findings also underline a correlation between migration and security, the latter being defined based on perception of the former as benefit, burden or a mixture of both.

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Report on the joint DCAF and Special Service for National Security SNSS conference in Hungary, October 2013. Internal security in Europe has long considered migration dynamics. According to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), migration is part of its comprehensive security approach, as was recognized in the Helsinki Final Act (1975). In the EU, the 1985 Schengen agreement, created a need for cooperation on policing of migration and the commencement of databases on migrants. The 2003 EU Dublin Regulation on asylum seekers established a Europe-wide fingerprinting database for unauthorised entrants to the EU. Tying internal security to migration, the EU only really considered an internal security framework with the adoption of the Internal Security Strategy (ISS) by the Council of the EU in 2010 after the Lisbon Treaty. Despite commitments and frameworks of the OSCE and EU, there are still both negative and positive aspects of progress in addressing the region’s migration, security and stability. What is now required, is an ongoing strengthening of governance structures and cooperation mechanisms - always from a human rights and human security basis to protect victims and vulnerable people – and to ensure all key stakeholders are involved in the dialogue to assure that we include new migration trends and dynamics.

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