BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND HUMAN SECURITY: EXPLORING THE NEXUS

Author: Md. Shahidul Haque

DOI Link: DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2005v26n3a3

ABSTRACT

Migration has been shaping human civilization since the beginning of time though it is only recently that migration hasappeared as a major issue in the development agenda. Migration in all its forms is often intricately linked with other phenomena including the emerging issue of human security. The linkage between the two phenomena is complex and historically rooted. While migration impacts on security both positively and negatively, it is also true that security is a major factor affecting the migration dynamics of the world. This paper attempts to look at this complex relationship exploring how migration is both enhancing human security and also threatening it some times. Migration has also been looked at in the context of terrorism and national security. Finally, the paper concludes highlighting the notion that the complexities of the migration-human security nexus only reconfirms the need to manage migration in a balanced and programmatic approach.