Human (in)security in transnational migration, refugee situations and internal displacement

Abstract

The field of international migration law is the result of a diverse and disperse set of norms and legal instruments emerging from overlapping fields. Against the existing normative background this chapter examines the relevance of adopting a human security approach to understanding the limitations of the standards and principles guiding migration within international law. It aims to expose how international law responds to the human insecurity of people on the move. The chapter concludes that the nexus between migration and states’ control accentuates the tensions between sovereign rights and human rights, while it highlights the major challenges in terms of setting a framework to ensure migrants’ protection.