The 2015 Migration Crisis in the European Union as a Non-Traditional Security Challenge

Abstract

The article analyzes the 2015 migration crisis in the European Union from the perspective of Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Challenges. It argues that the current wave of immigration to the EU, due to its dynamics and scale, should be treated not only as a humanitarian or social challenge but also as a security one. The value of the NTS approach is based on the assumption that well-known phenomena such as illegal migration, infectious diseases, or food shortages, which once had only an indirect influence on national or international security, now pose direct threats to the survival and well-being of peoples and states.