Eur-Asian Border Lab Researcher and Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam Polly Pallister-Wilkins has published a chapter titled “Humanitarian Border Policing” in the Handbook on Border Criminology (2024), edited by Mary Bosworth, Katja Franko, Maggy Lee, and Rimple Mehta, and published by Edward Elgar Press.

About the Publication

In her chapter, Polly Pallister-Wilkins explores the complexities of humanitarian border policing, where humanitarian rhetoric is used to extend border security measures. The chapter critiques the Eurocentric and racialised nature of border policing, analysing how it sustains colonial legacies while presenting itself as a form of care. Polly examines these dynamics through abolitionist, racial capitalist, and colonial lenses, offering a critical perspective on current border management practices.

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