Hosted by VU University Amsterdam, the Human Costs of Border Control measures changes in migration policies in Europe —
On the basis of globalization theories, as well as on the basis of developments in European migration policies, we hypothesize that since 1990 migration law has witnessed a shift from migration control (reactive, focus on concrete individuals) to migration management (pro-active, focus on potential migrant populations). A second hypothesis is that the increased number of ‘irregular’ migrants dying on their way to Europe is an unintended side-effect of this shift. Thirdly, we propose that as a consequence of the shift to border management, the human rights protection previously available regarding migrant fatalities under border control, has become considerably less effective.
Click through for their ‘deaths at the borders database‘ that ranges from 1990 to 2013.
[edit 21.09.15: UNHCR has a pretty slick website documenting the refugees/migrants emergency response – Mediterranean in from 2015 to present.]
Amanda Cellini 