The Embrace of Border Security: Maritime Jurisdiction, National Sovereignty, and the Geopolitics of Operation Sovereign Borders

Chambers, Peter

doi:10.1080/14650045.2015.1004399

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“…Similar off-shore, out-sourced, and militarised border logics can be identified in the Australian context (Chambers, 2015, McMaster 2002, McDonald 2011. Australia has been a leading international innovator in developing extra-territorial border control governance practices -particularly in tackling the arrival of asylum-seekers to Australia by boat in the aftermath of the 'Tampa Affair' of 2001 (Fox 2013).…”

Section: The Australian Contextmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…In the Australian case, there are particular dynamics that relate to its maritime borders and also to its relationship with neighbouring states in the region (Chambers 2015 More recently, in response to the exodus of the Rohingya minority from Burma in 2015 and the ensuing crisis in the Andaman Sea -with estimates of up to 7000 people on boats being refused entry to Thailand, Indonesia, and MalaysiaTony Abbott commented that, 'I don't apologise in any way for the action that Australia has taken to preserve safety at sea by turning boats around where necessary … and if other countries choose to do that, frankly that is almost certainly absolutely necessary if the scourge of people smuggling is to be beaten' (The Guardian 2015c).…”

Section: Spatial and Temporal (Dis)locations Of The Border In Europe mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stopping boats, saving lives, securing subjects: Humanitarian borders in Europe and Australia

Little

Vaughan‐Williams

2016

European Journal of International Relations

110

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In April 2015, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called on European leaders to respond to the migration and refugee crisis in the Mediterranean by 'stopping the boats' in order to prevent further deaths. This suggestion resonated with the European Union Commission's newly articulated commitment to both enhancing border security and saving lives. This article charts the increasing entanglement of securitisation and humanitarianism in the context of transnational border control and migration management. The analysis traces the global phenomenon of humanitarian border security alongside a series of spatial dislocations and temporal deferrals of 'the border' in both European and Australian contexts. While discourses of humanitarian borders operate according to a purportedly universal and therefore borderless logic of 'saving lives', the subjectivity of the 'irregular' migrant in need of rescue is one that is produced as spatially and temporally exceptional -the imperative is always to act in the here and the now -and therefore knowable, governable and 'bordered'.

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Section: The Australian Contextmentioning

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Stopping boats, saving lives, securing subjects: Humanitarian borders in Europe and Australia

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Vaughan‐Williams

2016

European Journal of International Relations

110

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“…The reasons for the very substantial increase in maritime asylum seekers in Australia during 2012 and 2013 has been the subject of extensive speculation and enquiry (Nethery and Gordyn, 2013; Jupp, ), as has the nature and consequences of the multiple policy and operational factors associated with the very substantial decrease (Chambers, ). By way of context, the most significant policy and operational changes were thought to be those relating directly to the ability of asylum seekers to access transit countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) as well as physically arrive and stay in Australia.…”

Section: Australian Country Contextmentioning

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Do asylum seekers and refugees choose destination countries? Evidence from large‐scale surveys in Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

McAuliffe

Jayasuriya

2016

International Migration

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Some literature depicts refugees as more passive than active when selecting a destination country. We draw on surveys of over 35,000 people in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia, to show that most potential asylum seekers and refugees of Hazara, Rohingya, Muslim and Tamil backgrounds prefer some destination countries over others and that many refugees from these groups surveyed in Australia specifically had Australia in mind as a destination country. We show how Australia's asylum seeker policy was a key reason why many refugees chose Australia in 2011 and 2012 and that subsequent restrictive asylum seeker policy changes appear to be reflected in potential asylum seeker considerations in 2014. We find that despite the restrictive asylum seeker policy changes, perceptions of Australia as a highly functioning civil society, relative to other potential destination countries, may explain why Australia remains a country of choice for asylum seekers from west and south Asia.

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“…They are "things within the space of the political itself" [26] (p. 92). Border studies have been reinvigorated over the past decade, with a special focus on the securitization and militarization of the border in the face of human migration (e.g., [29,30]). These studies tend to focus less on infrastructure and formal practice at the border and more on border processes that are being normalized within social relations away from the physical limits of the State.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Amoore [33] discusses how a virtual border of risk determination is created, with responsibilities emerging for state and non-state operators. Border security can be seen as a transformation of sovereignty that takes place across different jurisdictions; for example, in the oceans around an island state [29]. This notion of a virtual border in terms of human movement is interesting to explore further in terms of biosecurity.…”

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Are We Defending the Indefensible? Reflecting on Policy and Practice Around ‘the Border’ in Plant Biosecurity for Tree Health

White

Marzano

Leahy

et al. 2019

Forests

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The challenges to forest health from climate change, globalization, contemporary trade practices and new recreational patterns require effective biosecurity. We asked: How is the biosecurity border for tree health understood and enacted by state and non-state actors? What are the consequences for tree health? Semi-structured interviews (N = 10) were conducted with scientists and other relevant actors (N = 21). The border was understood variously as: a biophysical boundary, often the coast; a geopolitical boundary, usually of the European Union; the points of main inspection focus; dispersed nodes of inspection; a ‘pre-border’ outside of UK; or by the location of detection activities. A wide range of state, non-state and hybrid groups are engaged in border practices. These practices have been altered due to trade and climate changes, are subject to cost and resource priorities and reflect particular knowledge flows and the biological nature of the agents. We suggest that there is an ‘everyone’ as well as ‘everywhere’ border that demands clarification of risks, roles and responsibilities, and we offer practical recommendations. We conclude that tree health border challenges are a manifestation of wider sustainability issues that enable us to explore human–nature relationships, democratic engagement and the pursuit of more sustainable futures.

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The Embrace of Border Security: Maritime Jurisdiction, National Sovereignty, and the Geopolitics of Operation Sovereign Borders

Cited by 28 publications

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Stopping boats, saving lives, securing subjects: Humanitarian borders in Europe and Australia

Stopping boats, saving lives, securing subjects: Humanitarian borders in Europe and Australia

Do asylum seekers and refugees choose destination countries? Evidence from large‐scale surveys in Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Are We Defending the Indefensible? Reflecting on Policy and Practice Around ‘the Border’ in Plant Biosecurity for Tree Health

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