Crossing and controlling borders immigration policies and their impact on migrants' journeys

This volume highlights the impact of border controls on migrants' journeys in two major areas of immigration: the European Union and the United States of America. In order to show the linkages between border control policies and migratory practices, the book combines empirical insights from eth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumann, Mechthild
Other Authors: Lorenz, Astrid, Rosenow, Kerstin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leverkusen Opladen Budrich UniPress Limited 2011, [2011]©2011
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume highlights the impact of border controls on migrants' journeys in two major areas of immigration: the European Union and the United States of America. In order to show the linkages between border control policies and migratory practices, the book combines empirical insights from ethnography with approaches from political science. Describing migrants' realities reveals that the impact of border control policies goes beyond the actual border area affecting many lives and states
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (290 pages
ISBN:3863884116