Police and Security, Vol. 34 No. 1, 2025.
Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.59245/ps.34.1.8
Croatia's Vulnerability to the Instrumentalization of Migration
Alenko Vrđuka
; Služba za granicu Policijske uprave sisačko-moslavačke, Hrvatska
Abstract
Today's events on the global political scene indicate new security threats in the form of hybrid warfare. Some features of this warfare can already be observed in the European Union, and Croatia, as a member, could become a target. Given the long-standing migratory pressure, it is particularly important to assess Croatia's vulnerability to the instrumentalisation of migration as a type of hybrid warfare.
To determine Croatia's vulnerability to this threat, this research is based on three hypotheses that encompass the scope, content, dynamics, and direction of migrant movements, as well as an analysis of the weaknesses in the international protection system that affect the permeability of the state border and enable their movement.
The paper concludes that illegal migrants transit through the Republic of Croatia without stopping, abusing the system of international protection. However, even when they enter Croatia, they do not remain there, so they cannot pose a hybrid threat to the country.
Keywords
migrants; the instrumentalisation of migration; asylum seekers; international law; reception centre; secondary movement
Hrčak ID:
328711
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2025.
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