Externalization of migration control: the case of the Italian-Libyan agreements between 2000 and 2011

Introduction: the externalisation of migration control, a contested policy. State of the art: externalization of migration policies in the academic literature. Theorizing the externalization of migration policies. Methodology: the analysis of political discourses. Setting the context: how the externalization of migration control was developed? Discourse analysis: how the Italian policy-makers justify externalization? Europeans and security dynamics in the externalization process.