De Jong, Sara orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-2777 (2022) Resettling Afghan and Iraqi interpreters employed by Western armies::The Contradictions of the Migration–Security Nexus. Security Dialogue. pp. 220-237. ISSN 1460-3640
Abstract
This article develops a novel analytical framework for capturing the multiple, competing configurations that the migration-security nexus invokes in discourse and practice, combining insights from critical migration and security scholarship. The framework’s application is illustrated with an empirical case study of the protection and relocation of Afghan and Iraqi former local interpreters and other Locally Employed Civilians (LECs) working for Western armies. The analysis demonstrates that LECs are simultaneously considered security actors in the East and security risks in the West, the ‘best and brightest’ causing brain drain and potential terrorists when crossing borders, both ‘model migrants’ and threats to western values. By uncovering the nexus’ multiple configurations and its contradictions, the framework supports the project of denaturalizing the migration-security nexus, while also showing that the discourses and practices justified through its various configurations include the legitimation of border violence and the denial of protection to migrants.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2021 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 26 Nov 2024 00:50 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181244 |