Weaponization of Migration: A Strategic Tool in Hybrid Warfare

April 25, 2025 – April 27, 2025

The concept of “weaponized migration” was systematically defined by political scientist Kelly M. Greenhill in Weapons of Massmigration (2010). She analyzed how states and non-state actors deliberately create or manipulate migration flows to achieve political and strategic goals, using forced displacement as a form of nonlinear conflict to pressure other countries.

In modern democracies, neo-fascists and neo-Nazis forces increasingly use this concept not only in foreign policy, but also as a tool for domestic political mobilization. By exaggerating the threat of migrants, they construct an image of an “internal enemy”, justifying repressive policies, restricting rights, and promoting ethnonationalist, neo-fascist agendas. Framing migration as an existential threat, they help normalize xenophobia and undermine liberal-democratic institutions.

Núllið Gallery
Bankastræti 0, Reykjavík, Iceland

The opening – April 25, 17:00
Performans – April 26, 11:00
The exhibition is open – April 26, 27 – 11:00–21:00