“Migrants” vis-à-vis “Refugees”: Towards a “Rationalisation” of Migration Control and Management

Since summer 2015 and the wave of mass migration, the dominant political discourse systematically attempts to consolidate anew a crucial dichotomy between “migrants” and “refugees”. This chapter focuses on this dichotomy that is actually linked to specific EU preconditions and criteria. The aim of this chapter is to uncover the concomitant “rationalisation” of migration control and management that is in direct correlation with this dichotomy and, consequently, with the construction of migrants’ identity and their future within Western societies.