Introduction

Kahina Le Louvier; Karen Latricia Hough

doi:10.4324/9781003350255-1

Introduction

Kahina Le Louvier, Karen Latricia Hough

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Abstract

Contemporary borders are increasingly difficult to grasp. They have multiplied to permeate our everyday lives and are constantly strengthened through securitisation practices and technologies. If cheap flights and the omnipresence of the internet may have given some of us a sense of a borderless world at the onset of the twenty-first century, borders now appear less and less porous even for those holding privileged passports. The year 2020 was certainly a striking reminder of the existence of borders, as about half of the world’s population was under some form of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic (IEA, 2020).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UK Borderscapes
Subtitle of host publication	Sites of Enforcement and Resistance
Editors	Kahina Le Louvier, Karen Latricia Hough
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Pages	1-17
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000934236
ISBN (Print)	9781032395487
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350255-1
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2023

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