Refugees, Migration and Trafficking in Humans
Refugees, Migration and Trafficking in Humans

Author(s): Valida Repovac Nikšić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Migration Studies
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: gender; security; refugees; migration; human trafficking;
Summary/Abstract: Modern migration, combined with negative aspects of globalisation and neoliberal world order, became an instrument in the hands of populist-minded politicians. That particularly applies to the growth of populism, as noted in the first two decades of the 21st century. (Bojanić-Savić and Repovac Nikšić, 2019). Migration is a key theme for those who race to get into power, both in Europe and world-wide. It suffices to analyse the last general elections that took place in Italy in 2018, which resulted in an unlikely coalition between Lega, far-right political party and Movimento Cinque Stelle, radical leftist populist movement. Even better, try listening to campaign speeches of now sitting United States President, Donald Trump, and his ideas about Latin America migrants expressed during the course of his presidential campaign and after his inauguration. Zygmunt Bauman describes in detail these retrograde and conservative trends in his latest book titled: “Strangers at our Door” (2016).

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