The power of framing: Securitisation, criminalisation and externalisation in European Union’s migration policy

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2024-10-01
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This thesis investigates how the European Commission’s framing of migration in key policy documents — the European Agenda on Migration and the New Pact on Migration and Asylum — contributes to the broader themes of populism, Fortress Europe, and the migration crisis narrative. Using Entman’s framing theory, the research uses three predefined dominant frames: securitisation, criminalisation, and externalisation. Through a frame analysis of the official communications this study reveals how these frames are structured and in what way they reinforce populism, Fortress Europe and the migration crisis narrative. By linking the frames to the broader societal issues, this thesis demonstrates that the European Commission’s migration framing legitimises exclusionary and securitised policies, which
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen