Publication

This working paper addresses the issue of Filipino migration, which, according to the author, makes both documented and undocumented migrants from the Philippines a responsibility of their government. The paper argues that every case affecting Filipinos abroad is a potential non-traditional security issue because, while migration poses no direct threat to the territorial security of sovereign states, it could threaten the survival of government if left unattended. The author states that the concept of securitization and desecuritization is a powerful tool used by actors in identifying an existential threat to a referent object in migration cases.