المجلة الدولية للدراسات الإنسانية
Volume 5, Numéro 2, Pages 98-129
2026-09-30

The 2010s Mediterranean Migration Crisis And The Rise Of Far-right Ideology

Authors : Boutamine Alaeddine .

Abstract

The 2010s was a geopolitically eventful decade in Europe and the US, not only in terms of rapidly increasing waves of undocumented immigration but also the political repercussions of such migratory flows (Davis & Deole, 2017; Demata, 2017). As countries in Europe and North America received growing numbers of migrants, support for far-right anti-immigration parties soared (Stockemer & Barisione, 2017). This paper offers a detailed overview of the events, phenomena, and other contextual elements that coincided with, led to, and, in some instances, were caused by the Mediterranean migration crisis of the 2010s. The paper also sheds light on the rise of far-right populist parties and anti-immigration political figures in the US and across European countries. The paper provides unique insights into the origins of anti-immigration rhetoric and the successes of the populist movement during the previous decade.

Keywords

undocumented immigration ; far-right populism ; Brexit ; Trump ; Mediterranean migration