Abstract:The concept of 'humanitarian borderwork' (Pallister-Wilkins 2017) entered the social sciences the last couple of years, in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis to the EU. With roots in the 'humanitarian border enforcement' discourse (Williams 2016) that developed in the US post-9/11, the concept suggests that the goals of 'migrant safety' (i.e. human security) and 'border control' (i.e. state security) are mutually attainable. This 'humanitarian-security' (Andersson 2017, De Lauri 2018 or 'safety/security' (W… Show more
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