Dreaming of Seamless Borders: ICTs and the Pre-Emptive Governance of Mobility in Europe

Doing Digital Migration Studies: Methodological Considerations for an Emerging Research Focus

“…Migrants are increasingly datafied (Leurs and Shepherd 2017). As an example of a conservative or reactionary approach to digital migration, European governments aiming to manage migration top-down are increasingly tapping into big data; not only are biometric databases augmented and interconnected with the aim of more efficient border control, authorities also scrape and analyse social media data to predict migrant flows and circulate specifically targeted deterrent information campaigns (Broeders and Dijstelbloem 2013). Internet researchers are also critically exploring the "datafied society" through engaging with new possibilities for "studying culture through data" (Van Es and Schäfer 2017).…”

From Agency-Enhancement Intentions to Profile-Based Optimisation Tools: What Is Lost in Translation

“…Under these conditions the presumption of innocence may not be the most useful route to justice: profiling practices that use data collected from environmental sensing, or behavioural and location traces, has a more complex relationship to suspicion or innocence than classic forms of 'volunteered' data such as administrative data gathered by public authorities. Traditionally governmental institutions involved in profiling have identified particular individuals as potential targets based on their membership of a category of interest, resulting in a process of 'blacklisting', 'greenlisting' or 'greylisting' (Broeders and Hampshire 2013). In this case, it is relevant to cite the presumption of innocence as a counter to the clear harm of blacklisting.…”

Deconstructing Turkey’s “Open Door” Policy towards Refugees from Syria

“…7 Through mostly focusing on the border control practices employed by the EU/member states and the USA, this literature directs the attention to the transformation of border control practices. In particular, these studies seek to understand "how border control techniques, and indeed the border itself, have been remade by surveillance technologies, biometrics, risk analysis and counter-terrorism strategies" (Broeders & Hampshire, 2013:1201-1202. Besides, they analyze these changes in the light of the securitization of migration (Broeders & Hampshire, 2013:1202.…”

“…In particular, these studies seek to understand "how border control techniques, and indeed the border itself, have been remade by surveillance technologies, biometrics, risk analysis and counter-terrorism strategies" (Broeders & Hampshire, 2013:1201-1202. Besides, they analyze these changes in the light of the securitization of migration (Broeders & Hampshire, 2013:1202. 8 The contributors to this literature are scholars working in the tradition of critical security studies.…”