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Cutting Off the Flow: Extraterritorial Controls to Prevent Migration

Document number
2820
Date
2011
Title
Cutting Off the Flow: Extraterritorial Controls to Prevent Migration
Author/publisher
The Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute, University of California, Berkeley Law School, Issue Brief July 2011
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Migrant rights; Migration management; Comprehensive approach to migration; Migration policy; Restrictive migration measures, Irregular Migration, Feminization of migration, Economic migration, Labour migration, Free movement, Undocumented migrants; Undocumented labour;
Summary
This issue brief explores the extent to which the United States, Europe and European governments have implemented different extraterritorial controls.7 Although we hear of such controls in the media, how common are they? Who is overseeing them? What do they involve? What are concerns with their use?
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