The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees

Metcalfe, Philippa and Dencik, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-0901 2019. The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees. First Monday 24 (4) , 1 April 2019. 10.5210/fm.v24i4.9934

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the collection and uses of data in relation to European border regimes. We analyse the significance of these developments for the governance of refugee populations and make the case that within the current policy context of European border control, data functions to systematically stigmatize, exclude and oppress ‘unwanted’ migrant populations through mechanisms of criminalisation, identification, and social sorting. This, we argue, highlights the need to engage with data politics in a way that considers both the politics in data as well as the politics of data, highlighting the agendas and interests that advance the implementation of these technologies, privileging justice concerns on terms that go beyond techno-legal solutions, and positioning those who are most impacted by developments at the forefront of discussions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Additional Information:	This paper is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Publisher:	University of Illinois at Chicago Library
ISSN:	1396-0466
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 August 2019
Date of Acceptance:	5 March 2019
Last Modified:	29 Nov 2024 15:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/121339

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