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Migration – a Significant Social Security Concern for the European Union
Migration – a Significant Social Security Concern for the European Union

Author(s): Jozef Matis, Lenka Nagyová
Subject(s): Security and defense
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: security;security levels;aspects of security;migration;radicalism;extremism;terrorism;terrorist;humanity;otherness;intolerance and hatred;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the view of migration seen as a serious global problem of the 21st century that must be seriously considered by the European Union. Particularly, uncontrolled mass migration is conceived as a global problem because it affects all areas of life of every society – political, economic and cultural. The article highlights the main causes of mass migration: poverty and its deepening in the world, and the war. These phenomena are briefly described and analysed in the first part of the article. The second part is concerned with the description and analysis of the possible consequences of uncontrolled mass migration for the European Union. Radicalism, extremism and terrorism were defined as the most serious consequences of uncontrolled mass migration in the article. Despite the fact that migration is conceived as an important social and security issue, it is also defined as an important factor of the current European integration. At the end of the article it is concluded that if migration is not conceived as an important social and security issue which needs to be addressed, it can result in such phenomena as radicalism, extremism and terrorism in the European Union.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 22-63
  • Page Count: 42
  • Language: English
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