Metcalfe, Philippa and Dencik, Lina. 2019. The politics of big borders: Data (in)justice and the governance of refugees. First Monday, 24(4), ISSN 1396-0466 [Article]

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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
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i4.9934
Additional Information:	This paper is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Keywords:	Data collection, data politics, border control, refugees
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Media, Communications and Cultural Studies
Dates:	Date Event 5 March 2019 Accepted 1 April 2019 Published
Item ID:	37286
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2024 09:59
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2024 09:59
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37286

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