EU Borders in Digital Shift: When people are not treated as people, but as a security problem Published: 9 October 2024 Einführung The electoral success of the right and far right is based on anti-immigration and anti-refugee rhetoric. Now digital technologies such as voice recognition technology or drones have become central to the EU. The militarization of borders is prioritized over the human rights of migrants. Dr. Mengia Tschalaer, Francesca Schmidt
The Coloniality of “Smart Borders” Published: 9 October 2024 The European border and asylum regime is becoming increasingly restrictive and violent. Digital technologies play a central role in this. Michelle Pfeifer
The ECJ recognises homosexuality as grounds for asylum Published: 10 March 2014 On November 7, 2013, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that homosexual asylum seekers who are subject to criminal prosecution in their home countries be granted asylum in EU Member States. An important judgment that is, however, a drop in the ocean in the light of the EU’s policy of closure with regard to asylum and refugee policy. Caroline Ausserer
Digitalization of the EU's external borders and the production of vulnerability Published: 18 September 2024 Dossier Intersectional perspectives on the digitalization of EU border security and asylum procedures: AI in the EU policy agenda; impacts on human and fundamental rights; entanglements of (neo-)colonial border regimes, digital technology and greater geopolitical processes of othering.
