Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: irregular migration, women and Malta -- Understanding irregular migration trends -- 'Hanging out' with Somali refugee women in Malta -- Malta: a frontline EU member state -- 2 The securitization of migration: deterring, punishing and reducing the aggregate risk of global mobility -- Globalization as 'unbundling' sovereignty -- The securitization of migration -- Crimmigration - criminal justice practice and refugees -- 3 Regimes in conflict: refugee protection and the securitization of migration - a gendered analysis -- The refugee protection legal framework -- Legal frameworks in conflict: tensions between refugee protection and the securitization of migration -- 4 Violent and circuitous pathways: women's experiences in exiting Somalia -- Protracted conflict in Somalia -- The EU's approach to Somalia -- Women's decision-making about exit -- 5 From Somalia to Malta: violence and survival in transit -- Refugee camps and insecurity en route to Malta -- 'It depends' - key variables influencing women's experiences of transit to Malta -- 6 Punishment for 'crimes of arrival': women's experiences of Malta -- Legal and administrative punishment of refugee women in Malta -- Punishment in the social sphere: inadequate accommodation, social exclusion and worsening health outcomes -- Economic marginalization -- 7 When will the journey end? Cycles of containment and control in selecting individuals for onward migration -- Dublin II Regulation - disrupting, containing and punishing irregular migration -- Relocating 'Maltese' refugees - EUREMA (Intra-EU Relocation Programme Malta) -- US refugee resettlement program -- Assisted voluntary return -- Family reunification.

Deportation -- Smuggling and trafficking from Malta -- 8 Regimes in conflict: the impact of the securitization of migration on refugee women - a humanized account -- Tension 1: regimes of non-entrée at exit -- Tension 2: warehousing in transit and durable solutions -- Tension 3: diluted rights and entitlements upon arrival - fostering social exclusion and destitution -- Tension 4: mandatory detention as an instrument of punishment upon arrival -- Tension 5: disrupting onward migration and the potential for refoulement -- The geo-strategic importance of Malta for the EU -- The securitization of migration - a humanized account -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Securitization of Migration and Refugee Women explores the journey made by refugee women who have travelled from Somalia to the EU to seek asylum. In contrast to the majority of migration literature, which has largely focused on the male experience, this book focuses on the experiences of refugee women and aims to contribute to the volume of work dedicated to analysing borders from the perspective of those who cross them.

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