Current efforts to reform EU migration law are strongly shaped by the portrayal of migration as a security challenge. The New Pact on Migration and Asylum, for instance, prominently strives to dispel the ‘threat’ of secondary movement, whereas changes to the Schengen acquis afford national police forces greater powers to intercept third country nationals in border regions. Analytically, all these changes can be viewed as a form of ‘collective securitisation’ – reforms in EU migration law that are inspired by the shared impression amongst national and supranational actors that migration may, in and of itself, constitute a security risk. This research project aims to investigate the legal implications of this phenomenon, exploring the constitutional prerequisites that shaped collective securitisation in EU migration law and the ramifications that it creates for migrants. Accordingly, the project asks: how does collective securitisation operate within the multi-levelled system of constitutional law in Europe? And which safeguards can migrants infer from constitutional provisions to put to a halt the effects of collective securitisation?
Fellow Talk
Thu 23 Jan 2025 | 15:00–16:00
Thu 23 Jan 2025 | 15:00–16:00
Safety First? The Collective Securitisation of EU Migration Law and Its Implications for Migrants
Fellow Talk by Jonas Bornemann (University of Groningen) | Chair: Max Steuer (O.P. Jindal Global University) | Discussant: Francesco Gatta (Legal Advisor)
Jonas Bornemann works as Assistant Professor of European Law at the University of Groningen. Previously, he has been a postdoctoral and doctoral researcher at Université de Lausanne and the University of Konstanz, as well as a postdoctoral fellow of the nccr – on the move. His research focuses predominantly on developments in European constitutional and migration law.
The Fellow Talk will be chaired by Max Steuer, the discussant will be Francesco Gatta.
