Border Externalization to West Africa
Border security-building has become a main type of the Global North’s assistance and aid to countries in the Global South. While often framed as state-building, development, or humanitarian action, the main objective of border security aid is to stop unwanted/risky mobility and transnational illicit flows - particularly those allegedly destined for the Global North. This blog post reflects on the border technologies exported by the EU and other international donors to West Africa.
| Full title | Border Externalization to West Africa: Three Logics of Border Security Technologies |
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| Author | Unspecified |
| Publisher | Border Criminologies |
| Year | 2021 |
| Media type | Unspecified |
| Link | https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2021/09/border |
| Topics | Border and Surveillance Technology & Industry, Criminalization of Borderwork - Trafficking |
| Regions | West Africa |