“EU leaders have agreed to toughen up border controls to keep out people trying to enter, with more funds pledged for cameras, drones and watchtowers at the bloc’s external borders.” https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/10/eu-leaders-plan-tougher-border-controls-as-more-people-claim-asylum #FortressEurope #surveillance #border #BorderSurveillance #WhiteNationalism @immigration #migration #europe #africa #liberalism #fascism #violence #eu #LiberalDemocracy #borders
#fortresseurope #surveillance #border #bordersurveillance #whitenationalism #migration #europe #africa #liberalism #fascism #violence #eu #liberaldemocracy #borders
@petramolnar says #bordersurveillance technologies would not stop people from crossing the Channel: “Instead, people will be forced to take increasingly dangerous routes, leading to loss of life. We have seen similar #surveillance induced #violence in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, as well as the US-Mexico border.” https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365530821/New-Border-Force-unit-to-deploy-more-surveillance-tech-in-Channel #borders #uk #FortressEurope @immigration
#bordersurveillance #surveillance #violence #borders #uk #fortresseurope
Funded by the World Bank, a French company has used satellite imagery to help Niger Customs improve ‘border management,’ World Customs Organization wants the methods to be reproduced in other countries https://mag.wcoomd.org/magazine/wco-news-97-issue-1-2022/geospatial-data-niger-customs/ #surveillance #neocolonialism #geospatial @immigration @geography @geopolitics #freemovement #borders #fortresseurope #imperialism #france #niger #bordersurveillance
#surveillance #neocolonialism #geospatial #freemovement #borders #fortresseurope #imperialism #france #niger #bordersurveillance
Sounding Out Borderscapes: A Sonic Geography of the US–Mexico Border at Otay Mountain, California https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2023.2170788 @geography #PoliticalEcology #borders #AcousticEcology #sound #borderscapes @geopolitics #geography #SoundEcology #sound #BorderSurveillance #surveillance #SettlerColonialism #PostHumanism #CriticalGeography
#politicalecology #borders #acousticecology #sound #borderscapes #geography #soundecology #bordersurveillance #surveillance #settlercolonialism #posthumanism #CriticalGeography
#EU interior ministers plan to “warn outside countries refusing to take back irregular migrants they risked tighter visa restrictions,” as the commission chief also called for strengthening #BorderSurveillance in Balkans & Mediterranean, & ‘deals’ w/Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia & Nigeria https://amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20230126-eu-dangles-visa-threat-over-countries-refusing-to-take-back-migrants @immigration #FortressEurope #neocolonialism #borders #surveillance
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Finland using drones to intercept and detain asylum seekers and Russian defectors https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/borders/2023/01/finnish-border-guard-deploys-surveillance-drones-norway-not @immigration @geopolitics #borders #asylumseekers #bordersurveillance #war #fortresseurope #surveillance #drones
#borders #asylumseekers #bordersurveillance #war #fortresseurope #surveillance #drones
Self-described ‘libertarian’ gets $1.48 billion in latest round of funds for startup specializing in #bordersurveillance. Top investors include Valor Equity Partners and Founders Fund. Clients include US Special Operations Command, US Customs and Border Protection, and the Royal Australian Navy. https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/anduril-capital-raise-billion-defense-technology #borders #surveillancetech #fascism @immigration
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