African Migrants and Europe

Name: African Migrants and Europe
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

African Migrants and EuropeManaging the ultimate frontier\nAuthor(s): Lorenzo Rinelli\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138291959, 978-1138291959\nSynopsis\nThe process of migration control mirrors the trajectories of the people who traverse national boundaries, making todays borders flexible and fluid.\n\nThis book explores the transformation of migration control in the post 9/11 era. It looks at how border controls have become more diffuse in the face of increased human flows from Africa and presents a critical analysis of the dispositif of European migration control, including detention without trial, derogation of human rights law, torture, \""extraordinary rendition\"", the curtailment of civil liberties and the securitization of migration. By examining the role of Gaddafis Libya in the last ten years as a gendarme of Europe, it argues for a re-visioning of borders and frontiers in ways that can account for th.