The paper examines the migration policy regime in Thailand using a human security lens. It suggests that insecurities experienced by migrants are partly caused or exacerbated by a migration policy regime, consisting of migration laws and regulations and non-migration related policies and programs, that pushes migrants into irregular forms of mobility and insecure employment options. These effects are worse for women migrants who have fewer resources to access legal channels while they are relegated to insecure employment in the reproductive or informal sectors. Using a gender and human security analysis, therefore, reveals how the migration policy regime, often informed by a restrictive national security approach, can clash with the human security needs of migrants by creating a large pool of unprotected irregular migrants with women occupying the most vulnerable forms of employment. In conclusion, it is suggested that this ‘en-gendering’ of human insecurities could be overcome if gender equality was designed into policies and guided their implementation.
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In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2011
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 50–65 (16 total)
Georg Menz
English abstract: European immigration policy making has often been characterized either as a largely spill-over driven process or as “venue shopping,” a way to escape from the confines of national capitals. This article suggests that success in policy creation hinges crucially on the presence of a policy entrepreneur; while the European Commission faced propitious conditions for acting in this fashion, it did not always manage to do so. Drawing on the creation of key directives on asylum and labor migration as empirical case studies, the argument is developed that only when the European Commission exhibits the core characteristics of successful policy entrepreneurs does it succeed in shaping migration directives.
Spanish abstract: La formulación de la política migratoria europea a menudo se ha caracterizado ya sea como un gran proceso conducido por el desborde (“spillover”), o como un lugar de escape (“venue shopping”) de los confines de capitales nacionales. Este artículo sugiere que el éxito en la creación de políticas se basa esencialmente en la presencia de un emprendedor político, y mientras que la Comisión Europea enfrenta condiciones propicias para actuar de esa manera, no siempre logra hacerlo. Sobre la base de la creación de directivas centrales sobre asilo y migración laboral como casos empíricos de estudio, el argumento se desarrolla cuando la Comisión Europea presenta las características esenciales de un emprendedor político y logra éxitos en la conformación de las directivas de migración.
French abstract: L'élaboration de la politique migratoire européenne a souvent été caractérisée comme un processus piloté par spillover ou encore comme « venue shopping » d'évasion aux confins des capitales nationales. Cet article suggère que le succès de l'élaboration d'une politique dépend crucialement de la présence d'un entrepreneur politique ; et que, bien que la Commission européenne ait eu des conditions favorables pour agir dans ce sens, elle ne l'a pas toujours fait. S'appuyant sur la création des directives clés en matière d'asile et de la circulation de la main-d'œuvre comme sur des études de cas empiriques, l'argument ici développé montre que ce n'est que lorsque la Commission européenne aura réuni avec succès les qualités de base relatives à l'entrepreneuriat politique qu'elle parviendra à modeler les directives européennes sur la migration.
In Regions and Cohesion
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2013
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 86–102 (17 total)
Cause or Consequence?
The Alternative for Germany and Attitudes toward Migration Policy
Hannah M. Alarian
migration policies. This change in focus for the AfD from Euroscepticism to nationalism came at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis, a message that resonated with traditional mainstream and, perhaps surprisingly, immigrant voters. 1 For many of these
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 59–89 (31 total)
Transit Migration in Niger
Stemming the Flows of Migrants, but at What Cost?
Sébastien Moretti
policy makers to such movements has been an increasing externalization of their restrictive migration policies to stem the movements of people and to shift the responsibility for preventing irregular immigration to so-called transit states. As the most
In Migration and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 80–88 (9 total)
Policy coherence for development and migration
Analyzing US and EU policies through the lens of normative transformation
Harlan Koff
Cooperation, 2014 ). Nonetheless, Siitonen (2016) correctly argues that PCD has not yet been properly linked to transformative development or changes in power relations in global affairs. The present article asks: “Given the securitized migration policies
In Regions and Cohesion
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 5–33 (29 total)
Decolonising Borders
Re-imagining Strangeness and Spaces
John Sodiq Sanni
coming in. This is visible in the stringent migration policies and outrageous economic policies that exist in many African countries. Even within regions in Africa, there are economic and social laws that favour the citizens and alienate non
Dudziro Nhengu
This study on migrants’ health and gender as human security sought to influence enhanced, gender-sensitive, and fit-for-purpose migration policies of relevance to the global geo-political context. Gender-blind policies promote inequalities in
In Regions and Cohesion
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 1–20 (20 total)
Managing a Multiplicity of Interests
The Case of Irregular Migration from Libya
Melissa Phillips
., Andrew Geddes , and Peter Scholten . 2011 . “ The Role of Narratives in Migration Policy-Making: A Research Framework .” British Journal of Politics and International Relations 13 ( 1 ): 1 – 11 . Boubakri , Hassen. 2004 . “ Transit
In Migration and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 89–97 (9 total)
Introduction
Reconceptualizing Transit States in an Era of Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Obfuscation
Antje Missbach and Melissa Phillips
), the complex political economies and cultural climates shaping transit (Vogt), and the need to take into consideration the local level in migration policy design (Moretti). Specific attention is paid to the evolution of law and policy in transit states
In Migration and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2020
- Article Type:
- Introduction
- Pages:
- 19–33 (15 total)
To Accompany and to Observe: Engaged Scholarship and Social Change Vis-à-Vis Sub-Saharan Transmigration in Morocco
An Interview with Mehdi Alioua
Sabina Barone and Mehdi Alioua
preceding constitution, recognizes the importance of human rights, including the rights of foreigners and migrants. It is only in 2013 that we got a new migration policy, and it takes time for a policy to work; it is still not working perfectly today, but
In Migration and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2021
- Article Type:
- Discussion
- Pages:
- 185–194 (10 total)