Airpower and Migration Control

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ID3948658
AuthorsDerek Lutterbeck (Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume28
Issue5
Pages2016-2041
Publication date2023-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2022.2094776
OpenAlexW4286209940
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited48

Migration scholarship has thus far largely neglected the role of aircraft in both (irregular) migration and state policies aimed at controlling migration. Drawing inspiration from the field of strategic studies, where ‘airpower’ has been a key theoretical concept, this article explores the role of aerial assets in states’ migration control efforts. The article discusses three main dimensions of the use of airpower in controlling migration: the increasing resort to aircraft for border enforcement purposes – or what can be referred to as ‘vertical border policing’ –, states’ tight monitoring of the aerial migration infrastructure, and the use of aircraft in migrant return operations. As a core element of state power, it is airpower’s key features of reach, speed and height which have made it a particularly useful migration control instrument

Computer security · Economic geography · Economics · Enforcement · Geography · Irregular migration · Management · Political science · Scholarship · Telecommunications · China's Global Influence and Migration · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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