When: Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PMWhere: Online
The twenty-first century has witnessed a rampant expansion of migration control practices. External and physical borders have dramatically proliferated, as have internal and everyday borders. Western states have deployed virulent and divisive rhetoric, and have consistently othered people deemed as unwanted surplus populations. By focusing on the illegality of entry and how people seek to enter the country, governments are able to dehumanize and criminalize migrants, rendering them non-existent and expendable, and the use of terms such as “illegal” and “bogus” form official vocabulary.
This is the launch event for the State Crime Journal Special Issue on Migration and Racist State Violence which takes on the challenging task of theorizing and understanding migration control policies and practices using racist state violence. The contributions come from various jurisdictions including Greece/Turkey, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Israel. It is worth noting that although contributions focus mostly on state violence and migration controls in the global north, similar state responses are also prevalent in the global south. Contributors in this collection come from various multidisciplinary, and address a spectrum of issues, all focus on the single theme of racist state violence.
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