The Role of Surveillance Technologies in the Securitization of EU Migration Policies and Border Management
Abstract
This study offers critical analysis on the role of surveillance technologies in the securitization of migration
policies and the impact of such practices on the EU’s international identity. The EU member states have
adopted various technological instruments that have serious consequences both for the course of the
EU’s migration policies and its normative international identity. The findings of this research suggest that
by securitizing its migration policies through new surveillance technologies, the EU may risk violating its
founding norms and principles. These violations are, in turn, likely to have serious political repercussions for
the global image and credibility of the EU in the years to come.
Keywords
Surveillance Technologies, Securitization, Border Management, Normative Power, Migration Policy of the EU
References
- Ayşe Ceyhan and Anastassia Tsoukala, “The Securitization of Migration in Western Societies: Ambivalent Discourses and Policies, Alternatives, Vol. 27, Special Issue, 2002, p. 21-39.