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Humanitarian border: reprise. Anti-human trafficking discourses and security practices at the southern Italian border

Authors: Jacopo Anderlini

Published in: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space (2024)

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DOI: 10.1177/23996544241259576

Abstract

This article examines the intersection of humanitarian discourses and security practices at the southern Italian border, focusing on anti-trafficking narratives and their implementation. The analysis reveals how humanitarian concerns become entangled with border control mechanisms, creating new forms of governance that simultaneously protect and exclude.

Additional Information

This article provides a critical analysis of how anti-trafficking discourses operate at the southern Italian border, revealing the complex entanglement between humanitarian protection and security practices in contemporary migration governance.

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Border Studies Migration Anti-trafficking Humanitarian Italy Security