Instrumentalizacja migrantów jako forma destabilizacji bezpieczeństwa na wschodniej granicy zewnętrznej UE w kontekście wojny w Ukrainie

Abstract

INSTRUMENTALISATION OF MIGRANTS AS A FORM OF SECURITY DESTABILIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE

The instrumentalization of migrants is a relatively recent phenomenon occuring at the EU’s eastern external border with Belarus. Its objective is to use migration flows as a tool in Russia’s hybrid warfare strategy aimed at destabilizing EU member states. The aim of this article is to examine the instrumentalisation of migrants as a form of security destabilization at the EU’s eastern external border in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is one of the factors that have directly influenced the instrumentalization of migrants along the border with Belarus. This relationship, although appearing non-obvious at first glance, demonstrates no less than several factors indicative of the interdependence of the two processes. Firstly, it should be understood within the broader objective of instrumentalisation, which seeks to destabilize the European Union. Undoubtedly, one of the objectives of the Russian aggression against Ukraine is to destabilize the EU’s security.