Book Review Burridge on Migreurop

8/10/2019 Book Review Burridge on Migreurop

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Olivier Clochard and Migreurop (eds),Atlas of Migration in Europe: A Critical

Geography of Migration Policies, Oxford: New Internationalist, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-

78026-083-9 !a!er"

#t t$e %lose of 2013, an offi%ial la&n%$was $eld in %entral 'ondon for t$eAtlas of

Migration in Europe. #n e%le%ti% (ro&! (at$ered at )arden *o&rt+a res!e%ted arristers

%$aers /nown for its wor/ in ii(ration and asl& law+refle%tin( t$e road

a&dien%e at w$i%$ t$eAtlas ais. $e !anel of s!ea/ers for t$e eenin( %o!rised of

%ontri&tors to t$eAtlas, re!resentin( a n&er of N)Os and a%tiist (ro&!s fro a%ross

t$e 4, alon( wit$ a forer detainee of t$e 45 ii(ration detention sste. *$airin(

t$e !anel was t$e dire%tor and fo&ndin( eer of i(re&ro!, Oliier *lo%$ard, an

a%adei% (eo(ra!$er ased at t$e 4niersit de oitiers, ran%e.

i(re&ro!, fored in 2002 and ased !riaril in aris, is a (loal networ/

%o!risin( 3 N)Os, alon(side t$e s&!!ort of asso%iations, s%$olars, a%tiists and

inde!endent resear%$ers lo%ated t$ro&($o&t &ro!e, t$e a($re, S&-Sa$aran #fri%a

and t$e Near ast. It is t$erefore diffi%&lt at ties to !la%e a fin(er on w$o or w$at

exa%tl i(re&ro! is, and its tenden% to !&lis$ in ren%$ $as seen &%$ of its essential

wor/ reain &n/nown or i(nored elsew$ere, notal in n(lis$-s!ea/in( a%adeia.

i(re&ro! states its !&r!ose as ein( ;to identif and %o&ni%ate on t$e texts and

!ra%ti%es of t$e &ro!ean 4nion aiin( to isolate or /ee! awa fro &ro!e t$ose

forei(ners %onsidered &ndesirale, and to o!!ose t$ose !oli%ies


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(ro&!s est-/nown wor/, t$e Carte des Camps, a %ontin&all &!dated a! de!i%tin( t$e

;new !oli% s!readin( t$ro&($o&t &ro!e ased on t$e adinistratie %onfineent of

i(rants eit$er w$en arriin( on 4 soil, or !endin( t$eir

reoal>de!ortation>ex!&lsion< !.19". $is a! s$own on !.82 of t$eAtlas" now

ex!ands far eond 4 territor, refle%tin( t$e deelo!ent of a(reeents and &se of

!re-e!tie detention in transit %o&ntries, !arti%&larl in Nort$ #fri%a and nei($o&rin(

%o&ntries orderin( t$e 4 to its east. $is refle%ts !er$a!s i(re&ro!s ost %entral

fo%&s: t$e &se of externali?ation !ra%ti%es 4 eer states and t$e o&tso&r%in( to

t$ird-states of t$e onitorin( and %ontrol of i(ration flows, %oined wit$ t$e (rowin(

&se of detention ot$ wit$in and o&tside t$e 4. $e a! $as e%oe an a&t$oritatie

reso&r%e in lo%atin( s&%$ s!a%es of deterren%e, detention, and ex!&lsion, relied &!on

a%adei%s, a%tiists, and N)Os a%ross t$e 4 and eond, and also feat&red in ario&s

edia !&li%ations.

i(re&ro!sAtlas, first !&lis$ed in 2009 in ren%$, and des%ried as ;a %riti%al

analsis of !oliti%al asl& and ii(ration in t$e &ro!ean 4nion


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infrastr&%t&re estalis$ed to sere &ro!ean i(ration !oli%ies and to ill&strate t$e

de!loent of se%&rit eas&res aro&nd i(ration, ased on oserations in

&ro!e and eond< !.D".

$is extensie and &n!re%edented atte!t to identif, a! and a/e sense of t$e

dnai% nat&re of &ro!ean order and i(ration %ontrols, ot$ wit$in t$e 4 and

eond, %o&ld not e done to s&%$ a detailed and %riti%al leel one !erson or

%olle%tie. i(rer&o! $as t$erefore drawn &!on a networ/ of oer D0 %ontri&tors,

in%l&din( a%adei%s (eo(ra!$ers, ant$ro!olo(ists, so%iolo(ists and !oliti%al t$eorists",

%arto(ra!$ers, inde!endent resear%$ers, lawers, a%tiists, and N)Os. ore t$an 100

%olo&r a!s and %$arts a%%o!an t$e an interentions !roided ea%$ %ontri&tor,

res&ltin( in a &niE&e, if at ties ind-o((lin(, arra of inforation, t$e o&t%oe of a

de%ade-lon( deelo!ent of t$e i(re&ro! networ/. $e &se of Ffieldwor/ to orrow

i(re&ro!s terinolo(" a/es t$is a stron(l et$no(ra!$i% !rod&%tion, ased on

(ro&nded a%tiis and %ollaoration wit$ forerl and %&rrentl detained !ersons,

i(rants ri($ts oeents, %riti%al %arto(ra!$ers and ot$ers, res&ltin( in an ex%ellent

exa!le of w$at S$&/aitis et al. 2007" %all Filitant resear%$.

# /e %ontri&tion to %riti%al order and ii(ration st&dies of t$eAtlasis its

%entral fo%&s &!on t$e extra-territorial !ro%esses of orderin( and i(ration %ontrol

%ond&%ted t$e &ro!ean 4nion and its eer states. xainations of t$ird-%o&ntr

a(reeents, re!rod&%tion of detention !oli%ies, off-s$ore !ro%essin( and $oldin( %entres,

!riate inestent in order ilitari?ation !roGe%ts, and t$e role of trans- and s&!ra-

national a(en%ies in i(ration ana(eent, aon(st an ot$er exa!les, $i($li($t t$e

(loal rea%$ of 4 ii(ration !oli%. $e re%ent %ontroersial anno&n%eent t$e

4N Hi($ *oissioner for ef&(ees t$at it wo&ld %onsider t$e &se of off-s$ore

!ro%essin( of asl& see/ers in Nort$ #fri%a, as a res!onse to in%reasin( n&ers of

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!ersons a/in( ris/ %rossin(s of t$e editerranean see S$erwood et al. 201" is &t

one exa!le of t$e on(oin( !ra%ti%es of externali?in( i(ration %ontrol in t$e 4, and

t$e need to identif and %o&nter s&%$ !ra%ti%es. # f&rt$er %ontri&tion of i(re&ro! $as

een its definition, identifi%ation and lo%atin( of i(rant F%a!s. $e note t$at:

;t$e notion of t$e F%a! (oes eond t$e %lassi% idea of a !la%e s&rro&nded a

wall and ared wire. *a!s of forei(ners in t$e 4 %an $ae different fors:

real !risons, Fdetention %entres i.e.for forei(ners !endin( t$eir reoal" w$i%$

often reain awa fro an G&di%ial %ontrol, or, finall, !la%es w$ere &ndesirale

i(rants, %onstantl ex!elled eerw$ere, are ore or less s!ontaneo&sl ro&($t

to(et$er as an eer(en% sol&tion foral re%e!tion %entres, transit %entres,

s$elters, &t also inforal !la%es s&%$ as ($ettos, G&n(les, sE&ats, etc.". $is

ariet of !la%es all $ae in %oon t$at t$e o%%&!iers $ae (enerall no ot$er

%$oi%e t$an to e t$ere< !.19".

$e F%riti%al (eo(ra!$ of i(ration !oli%ies !resented wit$in t$eAtlas%an t$erefore e

iewed in relation to &%$ i!ortant wor/ %&rrentl ein( %ond&%ted wit$in a%adei%

(eo(ra!$, s&%$ as #lison o&nt?s 2010" Seeking Asylum, and t$e roader Island

=etention roGe%tw$i%$ s$e leads", or t$e wor/ of t$e )loal =etention roGe%tased in

)enea. i(re&ro! la&n%$ed its own O!en #%%ess Now!roGe%t in 2011, w$i%$ %alls for

;&n%onditional a%%ess for %iil so%iet and Go&rnalists to i(rant detention %entres in

order to !&t an end to t$e la%/ of trans!aren% aro&nd t$ese sitesor
http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2599&p=21545http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2599&p=21545http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2599&p=21545http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/http://www.openaccessnow.eu/http://en.closethecamps.org/http://en.closethecamps.org/http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2599&p=21545http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2599&p=21545http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/http://www.openaccessnow.eu/http://en.closethecamps.org/


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s&!!ort t$eC@allowin(A all &sers to %ontri&te to i!roin( /nowled(e ao&t i(rant

detention %a!s, w$i%$ are often /e!t fro !&li% iew


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also !roide an en(a(in( reso&r%e for t$ose tea%$in( i(ration-related %o&rses. J$ile t$e

Atlas%ontains an alost &n!re%edented leel of inforation on i(ration in &ro!e, a

list of related or re%oended readin( wo&ld e &sef&l, and %o&ld $ae een !roided at

t$e %losin( of ea%$ se%tion, !er$a!s ein( (ro&!ed t$eati%all.

$e soerin( final %$a!ter on %o&ntin( i(rant deat$s at t$e orders of t$e 4

i(re&ro! %ore eers an&el Blan%$ard, Oliier *lo%$ard, and *laire

odier", is a reinder of t$e i!ortan%e of s&%$ wor/ done t$eAtlasand its n&ero&s

%ontri&tors see also Kan Ho&t& and BoedeltGe 2009". $is rief %ontri&tion

$i($li($ts t$e in$erent !roles asso%iated wit$ %o&ntin( deat$s, and E&estions w$ s&%$

a tas/ s$o&ld or %o&ld e &nderta/en. B&t it also offers an i!ortant insi($t t$at s!ea/s to

t$e roader !roGe%t of t$eAtlasand of i(re&ro!: t$at doin( s&%$ wor/ t$e ;war on

i(rants !asses fro t$e doain of eta!$ors to a %on%rete realit, t$e %onseE&en%es of

w$i%$ &st e do%&ented< !.12". $is eti%&lo&s do%&entation of &ro!ean

!oli%ies and !ra%ti%es in deterrin(, detainin( and de!ortin( t$ose see/in( entr to t$e 4

does exa%tl t$at. #s %ontri&tor 'i? e/ete, exe%&tie dire%tor for t$e 'ondon-ased

Instit&te for a%e elations, stated at t$e la&n%$ eent $eld at )arden *o&rt, t$eAtlas;is

a wor/ of total deotion>www.t$e(&ardian.%o>world>201>G&n>02>e&ro!e-ref&(ee-%risis-&n-afri%a-

!ro%essin(-%entres last a%%essed L&l 201"

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S$&/aitis S, )raeer = and Biddle 2007" Constituent !magination: Militant

!n"estigations# Collecti"e heori$ation. Oa/and: #5 ress

Kan Ho&t& H 2010" H&an la%/listin(: $e (loal a!art$eid of t$e 4s external

order re(ie.En"ironment and Planning %: Society and Space286":9D7-976

Kan Ho&t& H and BoedeltGe 2009" &ro!es s$ae: =eat$ at t$e orders of t$e 4.

Antipode12":226-230

Andre& Burridge

%epartment of Geography

'ni"ersity of E(eter

a.d.)urridge*e(eter.ac.uk

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