Asylum Seekers as a Threat

Posljednjih dvadeset godina u državama članicama Europske unije, kao i u ostalim razvijenim industrijskim državama, migranti, izbjeglice i tražitelji azila uglavnom se doživljavaju kao sigurnosna prijetnja. Zamjetna je tzv. „sekuratizacija migracija“, odnosno proces u kojem politikama (policies) migracija i azila dominiraju sigurnosni diskursi i pripadajuće sigurnosne tehnike. Pri djelovanju sigurnosnih tehnika zabilježene su pojačane represivne i sigurnosne mjere. Članak detaljnije analizira represivne prakse u zemljama Europske unije. U Hrvatskoj su represivne prakse analizirane na primjeru Prihvatilišta za tražitelje azila hotel Porin. Autori nude i nekoliko objašnjenja o nastanku tih praksi vezujući ih uz procese depolitizacije suvremenih liberalno-demokratskih društava.In the past twenty years in European Union member states, as well as in other developed industrial countries, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are mainly seen as a threat to security. The so-called “securitisation of migration” is noticeable. This is a process in which security discourses and related security techniques predominate in migration and asylum policy. In terms of security techniques effectiveness, the strengthening of repressive security measures has been recorded. The paper analyses the repressive practices in EU member states. Porin Hotel, a shelter for asylum seekers, was used as an example in the analysis of repressive practices in Croatia. The authors offer several explanations as to how these practises came about and link them to de-politicization processes in contemporary liberal democracies