Special issue on ‘Shifting Borders of European (In)Securities: Human Security, Border (In)Security and Mobility in Security’?

Abstract Over the past decade, European Union (EU) has faced a severe migration crisis that brought to fore issues of borders and security—including security at security. This article introduces special issue ‘Shifting Borders (In)Securities: Human Security, Border (In)Security Mobility in Security’ going beyond traditional dichotomy vision borders, namely inclusion versus exclusion (Panebianco 2016). It sets scene examine proliferating insecurities reference EU suggesting migrant-centred understanding human mobility its complex relations to—and tensions with—more conceptions border In particular, this introductory paper opens up possibility disentangling complexity (in)securities (im)mobilities. Like rest issue, it shows state are not mutually exclusive can fact be reinforcing, even if unfortunately remains exception rather than norm practice. The (and issue) seeks elaborate more comprehensive nuanced challenges shifting (in)securities, thus shedding light on phenomena contributing better these what done about them in, but also beyond, academia.