Racial Profiling on the U-Bahn
Policing the Berlin Gap in the Schönefeld Airport Refugee Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9643511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lauren Stokes (0000-0003-4199-5895, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 236-254 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Central European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-9389 • E-ISSN: 1569-1616 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008938922001054 |
| OpenAlex | W4366826717 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) treated the Berlin Wall as an official state border, but the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) did not recognize it as an official state border and thus did not impose entry controls. This asymmetric recognition opened up a gap in the regime of border policing and turned divided Berlin into one of the most significant sources of unauthorized migration into the FRG, creating tensions in Berlin, West Germany, and western Europe more broadly. Countries including France, Denmark, and the Netherlands all pressured the FRG to shut the open border in Berlin. This article examines how West German authorities sought to respond to their demands without recognizing the Berlin Wall as a state border. West German authorities pursued two broad strategies. The first involved internalizing the border through institutionalized racial profiling in West Berlin. The second entailed externalizing the border by asking the GDR to enforce FRG visa and passport requirements. Although both forms of border policing have often been associated with the end of the Cold War, this article shows that they were adopted earlier, and in response to Cold War imperatives
Berlin wall · Cold war · Democracy · Economic history · Economics · Economy · German · Iron Curtain · Organised crime · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · West germany · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law
After the Berlin Wall
Seeking Asylum
After the Nazi Racial State
Refuge beyond Reach
Access to Asylum
Deutschlandpolitik in Helmut Kohls Kanzlerschaft
Refugees, Europe, Camps/State of Exception
East Germany's North European Policy prior to International Recognition of the German Democratic Republic
Before Strauß
The Borders of the Rechtsstaat in the Arab Autumn
Rethinking Black German Studies
West Germany and the Iron Curtain
Safe Third Countries
Visa Requirements, Carrier Sanctions, 'Safe Third Countries' and 'Readmission
Stories Without Borders
The Nigerian Aliens Expulsion Order of 1983
The Expulsion of Illegal Aliens From Nigeria
Development and Diaspora
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |