USA vs. EU/UK border policies: curtailing established travel freedom

• In Event: Criminology of Mobility. Panel 6. Border crossings and border control systems

Abstract

COVID-19 heightened economic unrest served to heighten the migration flow out of depressed regions including Africa and Asia as well as the Caribbean, South and Central America. At the same time, the desired destinations included Western Europe, the United Kingdom, the USA and Canada, making migration a hot political topic leading to a number of actions that are not only questionable (forces deportations via flights) or geo-political pressure to curtain once open regional borders (a USA tactic in addition to forced deportation). Racism seems to play a role in these policy decisions. We examine the nature and extent of these comparative policies.

Authors

• Laurence Armand French, Affiliate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

• Magdaleno Manzanarez, Western New Mexico University