The refugee crisis

Destabilizing and restabilizing European borders

Bibliographic Data

ID7796885
AuthorsSynnøve K N Bendixsen, Synnøve Bendixsen (0000-0003-4352-3680, University of Bergen, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume27
Issue5
Pages536-554
Publication date2016-10-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02757206.2016.1221407
OpenAlexW2512374810
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited45

Drawing on fieldwork among irregular migrants in Norway, this article examines how borders are constructed, reproduced and contested by a variety of actors, using techniques, institutions, laws, policies and social interactions at different scales. It indicates the shifts in border regimes following the alleged weakening of national borders after the Cold War. The implementation of European integration, for instance through the Schengen Agreement, has made it increasingly difficult for undocumented travellers to cross the external Schengen borders, and within the nation-states, internal boundary processes facilitate, obstruct and set yardsticks for migrants' entrance to society. Drawing on scholars who have explored the spatial dimensions of border controls (delocalization), the temporal dimension, and the role of non-state actors in shaping border policies (denationalization), I investigate borders through three critical moments for migrants: the movement to Europe, the waiting in Europe and the (potential) return

Boundary (topology · Cold war · Dimension (graph theory · Economic geography · Economics · European integration · European union · Free movement · Geography · International trade · Irregular migration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Refugee crisis · Sociology · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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