Migration from Nigeria and the Future of Global Security

ISBN-13: 9783031039089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere;John Sodiq Sanni

Opis

This book explores the possible (actual, potential and imagined) future security threats migration from Nigeria could pose to Europe, the United States of America, Canada and to some extent Australia. The negative consequences of terrorism, resource curse, extreme poverty, bad governance and illiteracy are highly likely to compound the already existing migration (both legal and illegal migration) from Nigeria to Europe. Given the current nationalist and populist tendencies in the United States of America and many parts of Europe, which have amplified the securitization of migration, the authors argue that the continuous high influx of legal and illegal migrants from Africa is a potential global security case.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

• 1.1 When Migration is Perceived as Security Threat
• 1.2 Migrants from the World's Most Populous Black Country
• 1.3 The Structure of Our Analysis

2. The Nexus between Nigerian Migrants and the Future of Global Security

• 2.1 Casual and Constitutive Explanations
• 2.2 The Question of Securitisation
• 2.3 The Problem of Populism

3. Population Growth and Instability

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Population Growth
• 3.3 Economic, Social and Political Growth
• 3.4 Linguistic Disparity and Population Growth
• 3.5 Language and Factors of Migration
• 3.6 Conclusion

4. The Burden of Religion and the Fear of Islam

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Religion
• 4.3 The Burden of Religion
• 4.4 The Fear of Radical Islam
• 4.5 Conclusion

5. The Future of Global Security

• 5.1 The Future of Global Politics
• 5.2 Contextual Analysis of the Behaviour of States in Global Politics

6. Mitigating Potential Global Security

• 6.1 Holistically Mitigating Potential Global Insecurity
• 6.2 What Nigeria Needs to Do
• 6.3 What Europe and North America Need to Do

7. Conclusion

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Aristotelian Syllogism
• 7.3 The Premises
• 7.4 The Future of Global Security
• 7.5 Conclusion

O autorze

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere is Cmelikova Visiting International Scholar at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, USA. He was Senior Member of St Antony’s College, and Academic Visitor at the African Studies Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

John Sodiq Sanni is Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research areas include African political philosophy, African philosophy, migration studies, conflict studies, religion and politics, and contemporary philosophy.

Blurb

This book explores the possible (actual, potential and imagined) future security threats migration from Nigeria could pose to Europe, the United States of America, Canada and to some extent Australia. The negative consequences of terrorism, resource curse, extreme poverty, bad governance and illiteracy are highly likely to compound the already existing migration (both legal and illegal migration) from Nigeria to Europe. Given the current nationalist and populist tendencies in the United States of America and many parts of Europe, which have amplified the securitization of migration, the authors argue that the continuous high influx of legal and illegal migrants from Africa is a potential global security case.

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere is Cmelikova Visiting International Scholar at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, USA. He was Senior Member of St Antony’s College, and Academic Visitor at the African Studies Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

John Sodiq Sanni is Lecturer at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His research areas include African political philosophy, African philosophy, migration studies, conflict studies, religion and politics, and contemporary philosophy.