Securitization of migration after Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine

Radoslav ŠTEFANČÍK[1], Beáta BILIKOVÁ[2], Svitlana GOLOSHCHUK[3]

https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2023.2.173-185

 

Abstract: This paper aims to explain how the Slovak public perceived migrants coming to Slovakia from Ukraine after the outbreak of the war. Like other countries neighbouring Ukraine, Slovak state institutions have had to deal with issues related to the migration of Ukrainian refugees. In addition to spontaneous aid, negative attitudes towards refugees have also appeared in the public debate since the beginning of the war. Using the method of discourse analysis, this paper examines the formation of opinions on Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia since February 24, 2022. This paper confirms that, as in 2015 and 2016, during the debate on the migration situation, opinions about refugees as a potential threat to the domestic population continued to emerge. These negative messages were mainly presented by representatives of the far right and far left, who are usually characterised by a positive attitude towards Russia and a negative attitude towards the US.

Keywords: securitization, war, far right, far left, migration, integration, populism, Slovakia

JEL: O15, F22, F50

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Submitted: 19. 6. 2023 | Accepted: 8. 9. 2023 | Published 15. 9. 2023

 

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Štefančík, R., Biliková, B., & Goloshchuk, S. (2023). Securitization of migration after Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Medzinárodné vzťahy – Slovak Journal of International Relations, 21(2), 173 – 185. https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2023.2.173-185

 

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

ISSN online: 1339-2751

 

[1] Doc. PhDr. Radoslav Štefančík, MPol., Ph.D. Department of Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Applied Languages, University of Economics Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, e-mail: . orcid idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6042-2668

[2] Mgr. Beáta Biliková, Department of Linguistics and Translatology, Faculty of Applied Languages, University of Economics Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, e-mail: . orcid idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-3675

[3] Mgr. Svitlana Goloshchuk, PhD. Department of Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Applied Languages, University of Economics Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, e-mail: . orcid idhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-9688

 

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