Securitisation in the Policy Field of Germany’s Development Cooperation
This article, drawing on the Copenhagen School, analyses how refugees and migrants were securitised in German development policy during the so-called refugee protection crisis. It uses the concept of securitisation to show how political actors legitimise policy choices by framing perceived threats t...
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Revue européenne des migrations internationales
2026
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| Dostęp online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Streszczenie: | This article, drawing on the Copenhagen School, analyses how refugees and migrants were securitised in German development policy during the so-called refugee protection crisis. It uses the concept of securitisation to show how political actors legitimise policy choices by framing perceived threats through speech acts. Combining this with a human security perspective reveals two parallel dynamics in development discourse: the protection against refugees and migrants, linked to ingroup-oriented criminalisation, and the protection of them, tied to outgroup-oriented victimisation. The study is based on a qualitative content analysis of more than 100 archived documents, mainly statements by the German Development Minister from 2015 to early 2017. The findings indicate that refugees and migrants increasingly serve as justification for policies in a field not traditionally associated with security, and they support the argument that securitisation can emerge in different ways. |
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