International Migration in Security Studies: The Urgency of Global Governance in Regulating, Managing and Preventing Illegal Migration

Abstract

Migration can be understood as a complex process of population movement across social boundaries, both within and between nation-states, which has an impact on adding or reducing people. Migration includes temporary and permanent movement activities, such as seeking asylum, economic migrants, and illegal migration. The global economic crisis is suspected to be causing emigration to experience a decrease in numbers. This paper will focus on discussing migration from the point of view of international security studies and efforts to manage the migration process not only at the national policy level, but also globally through global governance. The security perspective proposition sees migrants as a threat to security, but from a security standpoint, refugees and irregular migrants only seek international protection from the battlefield. From a humanitarian point of view, the arrival of migrants needs to be addressed as an instinctive human effort to become a shelter. There have been 176 bilateral agreements that regulate cross-border migration. This agreement can be an effective method for managing migrant traffic, tracking the position and status of migrants, and placing migrants in productive sectors in destination countries. The implementation of the principles and agreements in international migration instruments does not only require commitment, but also political will as well as increased capacity and resources.