Published by Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK, and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA. © 2000 IOM International Migration Vol. 38 (4) 2000 ISSN 0020-7985 Migrants, Refugees and Insecurity. Current Threats to Peace? 1 Reinhard Lohrmann* ABSTRACT Since the early 1980s, international migration has moved beyond humanitar- ian, economic development, labour market and societal integration concerns, raising complex interactive security implications for governments of migrant sending, receiving and transit countries, as well as for multilateral bodies. This article examines the effects of international migration on varied understandings and perceptions of international security. It discusses why international migration has come to be perceived as a security issue, both in industrialized and developing countries. Questions are raised on the migration-security nexus and the way in which the concepts security and migration are used. The real and perceived impacts of international migration upon national and regional security, both in industrialized and developing countries, are analysed. The policies developed by governments and multilateral agencies since the mid-1980s to mitigate the destabilizing effects of certain kinds of inter- national population movement and human displacement are examined. The conclusions stress the need for the establishment of a comprehensive framework of international cooperation among origin and receiving countries and international organizations to address the destabilizing implications of international migration. INTRODUCTION In the international debate on globalization, it has been argued frequently that disorderly international population movements induced by extreme poverty, * Staff member, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Switzerland.
MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND INSECURITY: CURRENT THREATS TO PEACE?
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