Editorial. Confinement des étrangers : entre circulation et enfermement

Chowra Makaremi (1) , Carolina Kobelinsky (2)

1 IRIS - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux Sociaux - sciences sociales, politique, santé
2 LESC - Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative

The internement and expulsion of undocumented aliens in Western states takes place within an ambivalent space of circulation, which is shaped by disciplinary sites, waiting zones, practices of census and assistance. Understanding circulation as yet another dimension of exclusion implies a dynamic approach that not only focuses on the "internement in" places of relegation, but also on continuous movements within a marginal space. The Special Issue features empirical studies on actors and technologies of alien confinement, which investigate the tension and oscillation between internement and circulation. Beyond the issues of criminalisation, deprivation of freedom, and arbitrariness, the collection proposes an alternative perspective on the "camp" in its relationship with practices of control of movement and with spaces of forced or illegal circulation that it produces.

Mots clés: borders; asylum; law and society; border detention; Migration control

Mots clés: zones d'attente; droit et société; contrôles migratoires; frontières; asile; anthropologie du droit

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Droit

Chowra Makaremi, Carolina Kobelinsky. Editorial. Confinement des étrangers : entre circulation et enfermement. Cultures & conflits, 2008. ⟨hal-03033305⟩