Border Control Intervention in West Africa: Thinking Beyond the Global North
Guest post by Philippe M. Frowd, a doctoral candidate in international relations at McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, whose research examines border security measures in West Africa as a form of state building. In his dissertation, Philippe focuses on Spain’s role in preventing irregular migration from the region, the EU’s assistance to reinforce border infrastructures, and the growing use of biometric registration practices in national ID, passports, and visas.
▻http://bordercriminologies.law.ox.ac.uk/thinking-beyond-the-north
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