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Human blacklisting: the global apartheid of the EU’s external border regime.

Over the last few years, the global face of the EU has been changing. The EU is spinning a global border web with regard to the battle against irregular migration. At the borders of the EU, a powerful and security-obsessed distinction between travellers is increasingly being constructed between the travellers who `belong to’ the EU … Continue reading Human blacklisting: the global apartheid of the EU’s external border regime.

The International Organization for Migration and the international government of borders

Early debates often read globalisation as a powerful tendency destined to make state borders less pertinent. Recent research has challenged this view by suggesting that globalisation and (re)bordering frequently advance hand-in-hand, culminating in a condition that might be described as ‘gated globalism’. But somewhat neglected in this recent wave of research is the role that … Continue reading The International Organization for Migration and the international government of borders