Immigration in Current Political Discourse – The Case of Slovakia within the European Union
Immigration in Current Political Discourse – The Case of Slovakia within the European Union

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses political discourse about migration in Slovakia and focuses on parliamentary debates, political programmes, daily press and official political documents concerning migration in Slovakia. The article aims to answer the question: Which views, interests and ideologies domain the migration discourses and policies in Slovakia? I come out from Alessandra Buonfino´s conceptualization of securitization of migration in Europe. Buonfino talks about so called “shared vision” between EU and its member states (old member states) that is based on securitanian approach to the migration, but in a way so that “it can be read in a humanitarian key”. Slovakia and generally new member states are more often reproducers than producers of this “shared vision”, however this reproduction is highly selective. Discourses that form this shared vision are “recontextualized” (Fairclough), which means, adjusted to the specific (national) context.

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