As a result of the war in Syria, which began with protests in 2011, a huge number of civilians were forced to leave the country. They made their way towards Europe, their promised land at the time. Meanwhile, Syrians who were not fleeing unrests, took advantage of the situation, most of whom later turned out to be economic migrants. Suddenly, Europe was facing mass migration that soon became uncontrollable. In 2015, the member states of the European Union received 1.9 million new asylum applications. Of these, almost half a million people were from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria. It soon became clear that the open-door policy, under which Germany in particular invited foreigners to go live there, was no longer such a good idea, as migration became too extensive. World, especially Europe, became a target of various attacks happening in major European capitals. Although insinuations to connection with terrorism were considered xenophobic at the time, many people began to think differently after the numerous attacks in European capitals. Security dilemmas and issues of all dimensions erupted, such as radicalization, extremism, recruitment of fighters and the related protection of state integrity and citizen security. Aim of the thesis is to determine how Slovenia faced the migrant crisis in terms of ensuring national security, and whether migration and terrorism are related concepts and, if so, in what way.
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