Identity – (In)Security Nexus in the EU at the End of the 20th Century and the Beginning of the 21st Century

The complex dynamics between the states and the immigrant influxes led to the ongoing transformation of identity and security structures. The threats of terrorism and trans-national organized crime aggravated fears of immigration, while the prospect of Turkey and other Western Balkans states’ accession to the EU highlighted the importance of identity securitization and led to a permanent employment of identity in the migration-security logic.This paper deals with some of the key issues on how identity innovates the migration-insecurity causality relation, conferring it flexibility and referential value both at a sub- and a supranational level. In this paper, our attention is retained by the actual and potential political, social and security implications arising from the transformation of identity into a referent object of security, while identifying ways to address these consequences at a national or community level.