Migration, Refugees and Human Security in the Mediterranean and MENA by Marion Boulby & Kenneth Christie

Author:Marion Boulby & Kenneth Christie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Consequences and Correlations: Failing States—Migration

Up to now, the discussion has focused on the various non-state actors , their role in supplementing the states’ responsibilities and the challenges involved. The following chapter elaborates in detail the correlations between failing states, non-state actors ’ intervention and migration.

The challenges faced by the various non-state actors in supporting or supplementing states’ responsibilities are manifold. NGOs face restrictions due to dependency on funding, journalists face the danger of becoming victims of violent conflicts themselves and peacekeeping operations struggle with efficient programming and with procuring professional staff. Not all of these challenges can be handled successfully or within a short time frame. This evidently leads to a situation where the various non-state actors fail to ideally supplement the state’s functions. Consequently, peace and justice cannot be achieved, the level of insecurity rises and the level of dissatisfaction among the population increases as well. The problem of the fragile state persists. Basically, in this worst-case scenario, the efforts put forth by the non-state actors can also be described as “failed”; they did not succeed in their effort to supplement the gaps caused by the state’s failure to provide human security . This boils down to a situation characterized by a double failure: failed state plus failed non-state actor intervention.

The following chapter demonstrates the consequences of this additional failure of non-state actors to supplement the state’s obligations. The close correlation between failed states , failed support by non-state actors and migration is then examined in detail.

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