New Borders: Hotspots and the European Migration Regime (Radical Geography)

by Antonis Vradis (Author), Anna Papoutsi (Author), Antonis Vradis (Author), Joe Painter (Author), Evie Papada (Author)

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2018
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To many, a border is a geographical fact; an immoveable, unchanging entity. But what happens when a border is subject to an emergency? Today, as millions are forced to migrate due to homelessness through war, famine and political unrest, it is important to look for a new understanding of the ways in which states use new bordering techniques to control populations.

New Borders takes on this challenge by looking at the Greek island of Lesbos. The island came under intense media and political scrutiny as over 1 million people crossed through it. More than ten times the island's population disembarked on its shores: frantic with fear and hope, these newcomers would inadvertently change life and politics across the continent in equally frantic ways.

The authors spent two years studying the changing meanings, materialities and functions of the European Union's border. They observed how the dismantling of local authorities gave way to supranational law and power, as the reception of the refugees slid into detention and refuge became duress. In doing so, they tackle questions on European policy, the securitisation of national and EU border and its dislocation into everyday life, now determining who 'belongs' where and when.

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To many, a border is a geographical fact; an immoveable, unchanging entity. But what happens when a border is subject to an emergency? Today, as millions are forced to migrate due to homelessness through war, famine and political unrest, it is important to look for a new understanding of the ways in which states use new bordering techniques to control populations.

New Borders takes on this challenge by looking at the Greek island of Lesbos. The island came under intense media and political scrutiny as over 1 million people crossed through it. More than ten times the island's population disembarked on its shores: frantic with fear and hope, these newcomers would inadvertently change life and politics across the continent in equally frantic ways.

The authors spent two years studying the changing meanings, materialities and functions of the European Union's border. They observed how the dismantling of local authorities gave way to supranational law and power, as the reception of the refugees slid into detention and refuge became duress. In doing so, they tackle questions on European policy, the securitisation of national and EU border and its dislocation into everyday life, now determining who 'belongs' where and when.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 20 Nov 2018
ISBN 10: 0745338453
ISBN 13: 9780745338453

Media Reviews

'A significant contribution to the study of migration that challenges many of our assumptions about where borders are, how they work, and ultimately who is allowed to move' -- Reece Jones, University of Hawaii, author of 'Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move'
'This book offers a powerful take on the human consequences of bordering Europe. In shifting the reader's gaze from migrants themselves to the EU roll-out of unprecedented migration controls it builds a distressing picture of a perennial political 'migration emergency'... a text fit for our times, speaking back to the dangerous political common-sense in a forceful collective voice: an urgent read' -- Ruben Andersson, author of 'Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and the Business of Bordering Europe'

Author Bio

Antonis Vradis is Lecturer and VC Fellow at Loughborough University and part of Transcapes. His research spans migration and cities. He is the co-author of New Borders (Pluto, 2018). Evie Papada is a geograpy PhD Candidate at Loughborough University, UK. Currently she is researching the intersection between humanitarianism and securitization in the context of border controls. She is the co-author of New Borders (Pluto, 2018). Joe Painter is Professor of Geography at Durham University. His research focuses mainly on the geographies of the state and citizenship, urban politics and governance, and relationships between territory, space and politics. His books include Spatial Politics (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) edited with David Featherstone, and Political Geography (Sage, 2009) with Alex Jeffrey. Most recently he is the co-author of New Borders (Pluto, 2018). Anna Papoutsi is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham researching EU's border regime. In particular, she seeks to elaborate the concept of mobility as a bordering practice in everyday settings within the European territory. She is the co-author of New Borders (Pluto, 2018).