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Risk And The Securitisation Of Student Migration To The United States

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  • MICHAEL C. EWERS
  • JOSEPH M. LEWIS

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This paper examines the construction of international students as objects of security in the United States during the period surrounding 11 September, 2001. Competing perceptions of international student migration as threatening or beneficial contributed to policy discourses that sought to mitigate the risk inherent in migration. The events of 9/11 prompted new evaluations of migration risk, and in particular, foreign students were securitised – that is, incorporated into policy dialogues as national security threats requiring immediate and strict controls. We examine the securitisation of international students through the evolutionary processes of risk perception and risk management, which are articulated in the construction and contesting of geopolitical storylines.

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  • Michael C. Ewers & Joseph M. Lewis, 2008. "Risk And The Securitisation Of Student Migration To The United States," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 99(4), pages 470-482, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:99:y:2008:i:4:p:470-482
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00474.x
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    2. Haupt, Alexander & Krieger, Tim & Lange, Thomas, 2013. "Education policy, student migration, and brain gain," Discussion Paper Series 2013-05, University of Freiburg, Wilfried Guth Endowed Chair for Constitutional Political Economy and Competition Policy.

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