The securitization of migration and refugee women / Alison Gerard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: irregular migration, women and Malta -- Understanding irregular migration trends --'Hanging out' with Somali refugee women in Malta -- Media: 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.

Contents note continued: Refugee camps and insecurity en route to Malta I --'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 11 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.

Contents note continued: Tension 1 regimes of non-entree 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.