Impact of International Migration on the Internal Security of the State

Abstract

International migration now constitutes an influential element of the emerging international order and an important factor in the internal and external policy of many states. The complexity of migration processes determines their positive and negative consequences. International migration gives rise to several events that can be confidently considered threats to state security. The article aims to identify the most prominent threats to the state's internal security stemming from international migration. Using theoretical summarization and structural-logical analysis, the study identifies the leading threats to internal security that emerge due to international migration and their interrelations. The authors conclude that examining migration processes from the standpoint of state security poses a challenging and multifaceted problem. In the context of migration flows, the most prominent contemporary threats to internal security are illegal migration, organized crime, terrorism, extremism, ghettoization, threats to national identity (for the recipient state), and the consequences of human capital outflow (for the donor state).