The new digital borders of Europe: EU databases and the surveillance of irregular migrants

International Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-92

  Broeders, Dennis ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Scientific Council for Government Policy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Databases; European Union; Irregular migration; Social sorting; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846263699     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580907070126     Document Type: Article

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