Expanding Boundaries: Borders, Mobilities and the Future of Europe-Africa Relations

by Jussi P. Laine (Editor), Inocent Moyo (Editor), Christopher Changwe Nshimbi (Editor)

Overview

This book challenges the common European notions about African migration to Europe and offers a holistic understanding of the current situation in Africa. It advocates a need to rethink Africa-Europe relations and view migration and borders as a resource rather than sources of a crisis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367539221
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2023
Series:	Border Regions Series
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jussi P. Laine is an associate professor of multidisciplinary border studies at the University of Eastern Finland and holds the title of Docent of Human Geography from the University of Oulu, Finland. Currently, he also serves as the President of the Association for Borderlands Studies.

Inocent Moyo is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa. His research interests include migration and development, migration politics, cross-border trade, regional integration in the Southern African Development Community, borders and urban informality and governance.

Christopher Changwe Nshimbi is Director and a Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, University of Pretoria. His current research focuses on migration, borders, regional integration, the informal economy, and water resources management.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Migration and Border Politics Amidst the Europe-Africa Relations Part 1: Critical Perspectives on Border Regimes 1. Pushing the Boundaries Forwards: Shifting Notes on the Implications of European Border Control Externalisation Beyond the Sahel Region 2. The Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community: The EU-African Information Sharing Platform on Migration and Border Issues 3. Mainstreaming Intelligence and Information Technology in Border Governance: A Transcontinental Mechanism for Migration Flow 4. Death as Policy: The EU’s Criminalisation of Solidarity With Undocumented Migrants 5. The Euro–African Frontier Regime Between Humanitarian Reason and Security Imperative Part 2: Political Transnationalism and Policy Impact 6. African and European Legal Regimes for Intra-Continental Migration: Towards an Afro-European Integration Scheme 7. “Solidarité en Movement” Against Homeland Authoritarism: Political Transnationalism of Europe-Based Central African Migrants 8. Staying Because of All Odds: Lived Experiences of African Student Migrants in Finland 9. Untying the Migration Knot Through Trade: A Case Study of Nigeria 10. Transnationalising Business and Innovation Ecosystems Shaping EU-Africa Relations: A Case Study of Finland and Namibia Part 3: Alternative Framings for Europe-Africa Relations 11. Contemporary Representations of Migration in African Writing 12. Re-Imagining the “Area of Freedom, Security and Justice”: Europe’s Security Measures Experiences by African Migrants13. Safe European Home – Where Did You Go? On Immigration, the B/Ordered Self and The Territorial Home 14. Climate Change and the Migration Conundrum: Addressing the Elephant in the Room 15. Unveiling the Afro-European Common Geo-Cultural Space Closing Remarks: Expanding the Boundaries of Euro–Africa Relations