‘This is not Migration Policy, this is Security, Security, and Security’: The Securitization of Migrants in Finnish Parliamentary Discourse on Instrumentalized Migration

Instrumentalization as a direct threat to national security and territorial integrity

Framing as a security, not migration, policy

Finland protecting independence, democracy, and the rule of law against hostile influence

Members of Parlement have a responsibility and obligation to protect Finland and Finns’ security

Migrants as active criminals or passive uncontrollable masses

Militarizing vocabulary

Questioning of motives

Broader security context, including hybrid operation and geopolitics

EU’s practices as insufficient

Outdated international obligations