The Securitization of Migration and Refugee Women

Despite issues of border control, refugees and migration dominating both academic research and public policy, very little is known of why people migrate and the experience of refugees getting into the EU and navigating reception conditions upon arrival. This book plugs this gap in our knowledge and analyses the experience of transnational migrants in their journey from Africa to the EU.

This book offers a gendered analysis of the securitization of migration and expands on existing criminological literature by placing women’s experiences at the centre of the inquiry. Alison Gerard focuses on the four key stages of migration – exit, transit, arrival and onward migration – and explores the tensions between the familiar criminal justice practices of deterrence, punishment and risk-reduction, and the central tenets of refugee protection.