Borders and territorial projects. Example of the Sahelo-Saharan region
Ouallet, Anne
Borders and territorial projects. Example of the Sahelo-Saharan region - 2022.
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The Sahelo-Saharan area is divided by State borders that were created with the decolonization process. However, past and present territorial activities exceed these limits and are organized at different scales around spaces that often dismiss or disregard borders. More than ever, border policies are considered as a way to control. Being both a resource and a refuge, border areas are increasingly seen as zones where both risks and opportunities mingle. The different existing modes of bordering disturb smaller-scale migrations because the regulation done follows a Europedominated logic that leads to the redeployment of extra-territorialised borders as far as the Sahel. These bordering modes also recompose and generate cross-border territories where both legal and illegal activities intersect.
Borders and territorial projects. Example of the Sahelo-Saharan region - 2022.
20
The Sahelo-Saharan area is divided by State borders that were created with the decolonization process. However, past and present territorial activities exceed these limits and are organized at different scales around spaces that often dismiss or disregard borders. More than ever, border policies are considered as a way to control. Being both a resource and a refuge, border areas are increasingly seen as zones where both risks and opportunities mingle. The different existing modes of bordering disturb smaller-scale migrations because the regulation done follows a Europedominated logic that leads to the redeployment of extra-territorialised borders as far as the Sahel. These bordering modes also recompose and generate cross-border territories where both legal and illegal activities intersect.
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