Restrictions on citizens’ exits reconsidered

Taiwan, young democracy under threat

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ID9953795
AuthorsHsiu‐Yu Fan (0000-0002-1142-2968, Soochow University, corresponding author), Hsiu-Yu Fan (School of Law Soochow University Taipei Taiwan)
Year2022
Volume63
Issue1
Publication date2022-03-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.13001
OpenAlexW4220801161
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

This article explores how Taiwan strictly regulated its citizens’ exits and re‐entries during the martial law years and why this young democracy still closely monitors citizens’ departure at exit ports and tracks their time of absence from the country. Contextualizing the various uses of border controls and the construction of membership in its authoritarian years, this article associates Taiwan's international status, Beijing's aggression and the problematic nature of membership in Taiwan with the continued exit controls on citizens. With an extensive documentary review and interviews with immigration officers, this article explores why a successfully transformed East Asian democracy continues to control the movements of its citizens

Aggression · Authoritarianism · Beijing · China · Criminology · Democracy · Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Immigration · Martial law · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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