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Unauthorised Crossings, Danger and Death at the Canada–US Border.
- Source :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies; Nov2013, Vol. 39 Issue 9, p1507-1524, 18p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Recent Canada–US ‘Beyond the Border’ negotiations have been accompanied by a highlighting of the issue of unauthorised crossings at the Canada–US border. In this paper, I offer some grounded contextualisation of this current politicisation by drawing upon press reports and interviews to document Canadian border-resident and press constructions of unauthorised crossings in one Canada–US border region in the late 1990s to mid-2000s. The evidence suggests that there is widespread local awareness of these crossings, including the dangers and sometimes death faced by would-be migrants. The analysis explores why this knowledge has not served to challenge still-dominant constructions of a ‘benign’ Canada–US border and/or ongoing projects of border securitisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BORDER crossing
IMMIGRANTS
DEATH
INTERVIEWING
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369183X
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90215598
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.815431