2005/11/15 by Maggie Ibrahim · 5 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Economics #Economy #Ethnology #Finance #Global Security and Public Health #Globe #Government (linguistics) #Human security #Immigration #Irregular migration #Law #Legislation #Migration, Health and Trauma #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Political economy #Political science #Racism #Securitization #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.2005.00345.x
openalex publication_date 2005/11/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/26
As we enter the informational economy, freedom of human mobility has nearly disappeared. Instead, powerful words are travelling the globe unhindered: risk and security. They are being strung together with the present “migration phenomena”, leaving migrants bound by the chain of the new security discourse: the securitization of migration. This discourse is racism's most modern form. Discursive practices, as seen through the press portrayal of 599 migrants reaching Canada's western coast, have transformed migrants into agents which threaten “human security” How discourse informs government policy is illustrated through an examination of Canada's new immigration legislation.