Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media – A Panacea for Migration Go…

Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social MediaA Panacea for Migration Governance?\nAuthor(s): Emre E. Korkmaz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781789909142, 978-1789909142\nSynopsis\nThis insightful book discusses how states deploy frontier and digital technologies to manage and control migratory movements. Assessing the development of blockchain technologies for digital identities and cash transfer; artificial intelligence for smart borders, resettlement of refugees and assessing asylum applications; social media and mobile phone applications to track and surveil migrants, it critically examines the consequences of new technological developments and evaluates their impact on the rights of migrants and refugees.\n\nChapters evaluate the technology-based public-private projects that govern migration globally and illustrate the political implications of these virtual borders. International con.