10. Conclusion: Looking Ahead, Setting the Future Agenda to Address Border Insecurities and Human Mobility in the Mediterranean Global South

It was the intention of this edited volume to disentangle human insecurities at, across and within the Mediterranean borders. We chose to focus on various players acting in the Mediterranean Global South, that we regard as the critical junction between Global North and Global South. To move beyond traditional security approaches, we opted for reversing the analytical prism, considering the human being as the referent object of the analysis. Being one of the key players in addressing border insecurities, the European Union (EU) deserved specific attention. Yet, it clearly lacks the capacity of managing humanitarian crises at its borders. Research has thus included a variety of actors involved in addressing border crises with practices and policy tools aimed at providing security at the borders. The conclusion reconsiders the role of the EU as a global player and suggests that human mobility in the Mediterranean Global South faces challenges that deserve further investigation.