Pub Date : 2023-01-19DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2168293
Said Saddiki
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Pub Date : 2023-01-19DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2023.2168292
M. Wall
ABSTRACT This paper examines actions taken in response to the Danish government’s use of policies and public communications to try to asylum seekers crossing its border. Drawing on interviews with grassroots civil society organizations and refugees as well as assessment of refugee-oriented public projects, this analysis finds that civil society and refugees engaged in a range of actions to resist national policies. Such actions included the production of alternative narratives about borders, prioritizing humanitarian practices, and highlighting asylum seekers’ lived experiences as important forms of border and migration knowledge and expertise.
{"title":"Resistance to Denmark’s Ad Hoc Campaign Against Asylum Seekers","authors":"M. Wall","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2023.2168292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2023.2168292","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examines actions taken in response to the Danish government’s use of policies and public communications to try to asylum seekers crossing its border. Drawing on interviews with grassroots civil society organizations and refugees as well as assessment of refugee-oriented public projects, this analysis finds that civil society and refugees engaged in a range of actions to resist national policies. Such actions included the production of alternative narratives about borders, prioritizing humanitarian practices, and highlighting asylum seekers’ lived experiences as important forms of border and migration knowledge and expertise.","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42123506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-12DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2164043
Carolin Leutloff-Grandits
ABSTRACT To introduce the special section, this article presents an analysis of the dynamics of border closures and openings in the countries of the “Western Balkans.” It examines the interconnections between the situation of so-called “transit migrants” on their way through these countries to the EU and the particular position of these countries in the protracted EU accession process, which also affects the situation of the local population. Highlighting the dual nature of – often simultaneous – border closures and border openings, the article first describes the changing mobility options for residents of various Balkan countries in the context of uneven EU accession processes, before outlining the relationship between EU migration management in the “Western Balkans” and the movements of “transit migrants” through and within the Balkans. The aim of the article is to raise awareness of the interconnectedness of the two perspectives on mobility and the different border and demarcation processes unfolding within the EU border and migration regime, which have spatial as well as temporal and social dimensions. These processes lead to various distinctions, but also to connections between migrants from the Global South and the local population in the various Balkan countries, which are further elaborated in the contributions to this special section.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-10DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2164044
R. Dasgupta
ABSTRACT This article looks at the lingering complexities of the Indian partition and the current state of refugees in south Asia. More specifically, it deals with one of the most marginal segments known as the Urdu-speaking Bihari’s living in Bangladesh. We trace the arcs of migration, prosperity and dispossession in the life histories of an extended family with two households characteristic of a particular refugee camp, that feature in many mega-cities today. The article plots this in the background of transformation of Dhaka and the metamorphosis of neighborhoods that house the camp. We focuse on details that one may understand in terms of Agamben’s “state of exception.” However, we make a case for a critical difference between “bare life” and a political form of behavior distinctive of the refugees. Their frantic struggle to exist in the middle of exception involves a ‘camouflage’ by constant shuffling of identities but that also means destabilizing their selfhood and a being in transit that may well become permanent.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2151037
M. Giner
{"title":"Response of United States Commissioner Maria Elena Giner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico","authors":"M. Giner","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2022.2151037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2151037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48146062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2161065
D. Dimitrova, Emel Ozdora-Aksak
ABSTRACT This research study compared non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the area of migration in two neighboring countries – Bulgaria and Turkey. Utilizing in-depth interviews with 39 NGO professionals in both countries, the analysis identified critical differences in public opinion dynamics, organizational structures and interdependencies, and government relationships. Further analysis unveiled how the local socio-economic and political context had impacted NGO communication strategies as well as the specific communication channels, public engagement activities, and social media campaigns in each country. Implications for communication scholarship during times of increasing migration flows and globalization are discussed.
{"title":"What a Difference Context Makes: Comparing Communication Strategies of Migration NGOs in Two Neighboring Countries","authors":"D. Dimitrova, Emel Ozdora-Aksak","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2022.2161065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2161065","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research study compared non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the area of migration in two neighboring countries – Bulgaria and Turkey. Utilizing in-depth interviews with 39 NGO professionals in both countries, the analysis identified critical differences in public opinion dynamics, organizational structures and interdependencies, and government relationships. Further analysis unveiled how the local socio-economic and political context had impacted NGO communication strategies as well as the specific communication channels, public engagement activities, and social media campaigns in each country. Implications for communication scholarship during times of increasing migration flows and globalization are discussed.","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46361817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-18DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2151032
Nasreen Chowdhory, Shamna Thacham Poyil
ABSTRACT Dispossession appears to be the irreducible “indivisible remainder” in a refugee's everyday life. The deprivation that causes them to undertake forced migration is the tangible outcome of their material dispossession of rights as a citizen of the state. The biased global protection framework for refugees inadvertently perpetuates their predicament by providing them protection, but simultaneously dispossesses them of their dignity. This article introspects substantively the material dispossession of rights of refugees and addresses the dispossession of dignity in a normative and metaphysical sense.
{"title":"Dispossession and Displacement: Notes from South Asia","authors":"Nasreen Chowdhory, Shamna Thacham Poyil","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2022.2151032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2151032","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Dispossession appears to be the irreducible “indivisible remainder” in a refugee's everyday life. The deprivation that causes them to undertake forced migration is the tangible outcome of their material dispossession of rights as a citizen of the state. The biased global protection framework for refugees inadvertently perpetuates their predicament by providing them protection, but simultaneously dispossesses them of their dignity. This article introspects substantively the material dispossession of rights of refugees and addresses the dispossession of dignity in a normative and metaphysical sense.","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41883155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-18DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2156375
Alagie Jinkang, Valentina Cappi, P. Musarò
ABSTRACT Faced with food insecurity, unemployment and broken infrastructure, many Gambian youth risk their lives through irregular and dangerous journeys to Europe – the so-called “back way” – with the hope to maximize opportunities for “better life conditions”. Concurrently, local and Western governmental and non-governmental organizations implement in the country information campaigns on the risks of irregular migration, thus complementing extraterritorial border policies with symbolic bordering practices. This article explores the role of Gambian journalists in circulating narratives, including information campaigns, about “back way” migration to Europe, both as content creators and content disseminators. Starting with an overview of these narratives, this paper discusses the results of an online survey with 54 Gambian journalists, conducted between 2020 and 2021. Our findings show that journalists’ communication strategies are shaped both by the limits and the opportunities of the Gambian information ecosystem inviting further research on local journalists’ potential role in reproducing or negotiating Western discourses about irregular migration.
{"title":"“Back Way” Migration to Europe: The Role of Journalists in Disseminating Information Campaigns in The Gambia","authors":"Alagie Jinkang, Valentina Cappi, P. Musarò","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2022.2156375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2156375","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Faced with food insecurity, unemployment and broken infrastructure, many Gambian youth risk their lives through irregular and dangerous journeys to Europe – the so-called “back way” – with the hope to maximize opportunities for “better life conditions”. Concurrently, local and Western governmental and non-governmental organizations implement in the country information campaigns on the risks of irregular migration, thus complementing extraterritorial border policies with symbolic bordering practices. This article explores the role of Gambian journalists in circulating narratives, including information campaigns, about “back way” migration to Europe, both as content creators and content disseminators. Starting with an overview of these narratives, this paper discusses the results of an online survey with 54 Gambian journalists, conducted between 2020 and 2021. Our findings show that journalists’ communication strategies are shaped both by the limits and the opportunities of the Gambian information ecosystem inviting further research on local journalists’ potential role in reproducing or negotiating Western discourses about irregular migration.","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43083974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2156377
B. Mohanty
{"title":"Re-imagining border studies in South Asia","authors":"B. Mohanty","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2022.2156377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2156377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42863689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-15DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2022.2156373
James M. Hundley
{"title":"Histories of the Canoe Journey: Border Studies, Critical Indigenous Studies, and the Decolonization and Unsettling of Coast Salish Territory","authors":"James M. Hundley","doi":"10.1080/08865655.2022.2156373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2156373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45999,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Borderlands Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46086790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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