Migration as a security issue: A research from the perspective of the International Migration Law and Turkish Legislation on Migration

It has been no doubt that the main event of the 21st century is the increasing human movements. According to 2015 United Nations data, the number of international migrants reached up to 244 million and the number of refugees reached up to 63.5 million. Within this context, International Migration Law is important as it is the infrastructure of the municipal migration legislation of States. It is necessary to see the International Migration Law as a whole due to the fact that it is a combination of Treaties, Conventions, Declarations or other instruments of soft law. In the 21st century, the terms 'international migration' and 'security' is associated. When migration stems from the lack of security in a State, it can also pose other security problems for the receiving countries. Security problems have contributed the development of International migration law, as well. Our country is both sending and receiving, and also transit country as it is located on the migration routes. According to United Nations High Commiserate for Refugees, Turkey has hosted the most refugees in the world in recent years. The municipal legislation on migration of Turkey, as a country which is affected by the migration that much and a country which will be affected in the future because of its location, should be examined thoroughly. This paper supply some main documents on International migration Law and Turkish legislation on migration to provide a general overview, search into the development of migration law internationally and municipally in Turkey, and presents the migration-security nexus focusing largely on migration.