"Following the end of the Cold War, migration has, due to securitisation policies, been perceived as a source of insecurity by European societies. This has resulted in the introduction of restrictive migration policies in the member states of the European Union (EU). Similar to national migration policies, those that have resulted at the EU level are believed to be also restrictive. According to many academics, EU migration policies owe their restrictive nature also to the securitisation of migration in the EU. Paradoxically, according to projections for the next decades, the European economy is in need of migrants for its renovation. Following these lines, the argument followed in this article is that, despite the EU needing migrants, the securitisation of migration has been taking place in the EU, denoting a paradox in its approach to migration management. "

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