Embracing complexity in ‘Southern’ migration governance

Territory Politics Governance, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 11(4), С. 625 - 637

Опубликована: Март 11, 2022

This special issue argues for a more complex understanding of migration policy 'beyond Fortress Europe'. It advocates twofold approach that (1) historicizes the domestic contexts governance across Middle East, North, West and Central Africa; (2) unpacks conflicts, internal contradictions coalitions within communities in these four regions. In this introduction we outline empirical conceptual contributions to calls putting 'the South' centre stage studies recent work on border externalization countries 'origin' 'transit'. On one hand, articles analyse how trans/national historical legacies state formation mobility politics shape actors' priorities, discourses behaviours around control until today. At same time, they delve into heterogeneity what is often simply referred as 'local authorities' or 'domestic civil society' highlight tensions also unexpected alliances among local, national international actors participating governance. Hereby, invites scholarship embrace complexity 'Southern' better grasp power dynamics (re)shaping global migration, its resistances it.

Язык: Английский

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Bolstering Autocracy, Hindering Democracy: Local Stakeholders’ Perspectives on the Effects of EU Migration Policy Externalization in Morocco

International Migration Review, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 10, 2025

This article explores how the European Union's (EU) externalization of migration policies affects democratization in Morocco, drawing on perspectives local stakeholders, including government officials, civil society actors, and frontline bureaucrats. While EU frames its partnership with Morocco as grounded shared normative values, findings show that (control) priorities often take precedence over democratic reforms. Using a multilevel theoretical framework combines structural factors (linkage, leverage, organizational power) agency domestic actors (gatekeeper elites street-level bureaucrats), analysis identifies three key dynamics: prioritization control progress, consolidation Morocco's authoritarian power through bargain, marginalization migrants, intensifying their repression curtailing capacity to advocate for change. Based qualitative fieldwork, this study highlights these redistribute resources ways bolster autocratic structures hinder reform. By focusing lived experiences sheds light EU's approach can inadvertently undermine Morocco.

Язык: Английский

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Over Land and Sea: NGOs/CSOs and EU Border Externalisation Along the Central Mediterranean Route

Geopolitics, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 27

Опубликована: Сен. 20, 2022

This paper looks at the Central Mediterranean Route, and assesses relationship between migration-related NGOs/CSOs EU border externalisation in this liminal, transnational, mobile spatial configuration. In so doing, it introduces notion of anti-externalisation, with its variants counter-externalisation counter-delocalisation, identifying relevant practices among NGOs/CSOs. The further explores connections anti-externalisation activities on land sea, analyses how different spaces, places contexts along Route impact terrestrial maritime environments, their political legal specificities, provide opportunities for obstacles to both policies practices. can accept or oppose constraints, exploit place-specific opportunities. While some these actors support externalisation, others through forms (resorting same specificities which take advantage) counter-delocalisation (transnational, transborder de-territorialised similar those used by actors). also underscores itinerant character NGOs/CSOs' action, which, like governmental control, adopts route perspective follows migrants' trajectories over sea (also resorting air dimension increase monitoring capacities) order right mobility.

Язык: Английский

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The Geopolitics of Return Migration in the International System

Geopolitics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(3), С. 959 - 978

Опубликована: Март 31, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Porosity on the Thailand-Myanmar border: before and after Myanmar’s 2021 coup

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 20

Опубликована: Авг. 23, 2024

Points of political crisis in Myanmar's history have been the catalyst for forced migration, and Thailand-Myanmar border has, decades, a site significant border-crossing. But while tens thousands arrived Thailand aftermath previous crackdowns by military, severity February 2021 coup has not met with commensurate increase arrivals. What explains difference? Over time, is demonstrating differential porosity. In this article I theorise physical, social elements that shape porosity locate spaces where informality resides within these elements. liken to circuit board stretches deeply into stakeholder states, dimmers or switches control border. examine case pre- post-coup find ability local actors exercise discretion heeding government policy diminished over time. This decrease conditioned Part geography, part policy, informal construction, concept focuses on journey, responds call radically decentring migration governance literature, helps uncover troubled possibilities border-crossers potential face.

Язык: Английский

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From Trans-Atlantic Order to Afro-Eur-Asian Worlds? Reimagining International Relations as Interlocking Regional Worlds

Global Studies Quarterly, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 2(4)

Опубликована: Сен. 22, 2022

Abstract The apparent transition underway from a trans-Atlantic, liberal world order to one of multiple, overlapping orders has caused much policy, scholarly, and public anxiety. In tandem with this structural development, in the field international relations (IR), heated contests are between alternative visions how read transformation. introduction special forum, we outline an approach for grappling these dynamics. Our overarching question is: How make sense emergent regional imaginaries, ways that they interlock, implications IR theory practice? To begin answering, first challenge increasingly widespread view return great power politics—or what call “great game” vision multipolarity—is only or best register which emerging patterns. Instead, propose idea “interlocking worlds,” notion inspired by “Afro-Eur-Asia” as site evokes multiple meanings. A historically sensitive sociologically nuanced analytical modality, argue “itinerant translation” across worlds. This relational framework, contend, can help better understand explain, observe encounter another, problems collectively embroil us, transformative processes bearing witness. exercises itinerant translation interlocking worlds Afro-Eur-Asia on offer forum likewise reveal globe pluriversal space where realities do coexist (and always have).

Язык: Английский

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Thy Neighbor’s Gendarme? How Citizens of Buffer States in North Africa View EU Border Security Externalization

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 22(2), С. 371 - 385

Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2022

To stop refugees and migrants, states have enlisted neighboring third countries to act as buffers, thereby outsourcing border security. With many sub-Saharan migrants transiting North Africa, these regimes there increasingly served the EU's gendarme. Existing studies on topic are state-centric, little is known about attitudes of citizens in buffer states. How do they view their state carrying out another's security? Leveraging an original, nationally-representative survey, we find that 66 percent Morocco's oppose country aiding externalization. We advance important initiative "de-center" research

Язык: Английский

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Reorienting EU Border Externalization Studies: A Decolonial Intersectional Approach

Geopolitics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 25

Опубликована: Фев. 8, 2024

This article examines the potential of adopting a decolonial-intersectional approach to reorient field EU border externalisation better analyse (neo-)colonial, racist and gendered nature bordering processes, as well their structural, psychological, physical violence against black migrants from Global South. Grounded in critical theory, this acts an academic intervention Eurocentric androcentric biases research. By applying it externalisation, scholars can decentralise incorporate alternative knowledges, aligning praxis with demands by oppressed groups decolonise knowledge production ways thinking. The first outlines key aspects approach, showing why how enables deeper analysis externalisation. In light then proposes reading literature on Finally, highlights future research avenues that could be further investigated.

Язык: Английский

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Beyond presentism in border externalization studies: Upcycled spatio-cultural geographies of imperial times

Geoforum, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 159, С. 104197 - 104197

Опубликована: Дек. 30, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Affective politics of migration control in Turkey: a postcolonial approach

European Security, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(3), С. 367 - 384

Опубликована: Июль 3, 2023

There is an increasing call for addressing the Eurocentrism of research on external dimension European Union (EU) migration and border policies practices. A growing body work attempts to remedy discipline's through postcolonial theory. This article argues that more needs be done unsettle studies with regard question non-EU political subjectivity. The adopts alternative conception subjectivity, which looks at "affective" international relations. Through a close engagement underscores significance history historical relationships in constituting affective politics borders world. argument illustrated empirical focus Turkey. Drawing interviews Turkish officials, aims contribute literature two ways. First, it attachments shape how actors perceive attribute meaning national human mobility across territory. Second, relatedly, actors' identification positioning towards EU's control regime are products rooted experiences encounters Europe.

Язык: Английский

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