A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe

This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU immigration, asylum, race and security policies.

Liz Fekete argues that at the same time as the EU introduces selective migration policies, it closes its borders against asylum seekers who were the first victims of the growth of the security state which now embraces Muslims. She explores the way in which antiterrorist legislation has been used to evict undesirable migrants, how deportation policies commodify and dehumanise the most vulnerab...