TY  - BOOK
ED  - Cuttitta, Paolo
ED  - Last, Tamara
AB  - Border deaths are a result of dynamics involving diverse actors, and can be interpreted and represented in various ways. Critical voices from civil society (including academia) hold states responsible for making safe journeys impossible for large parts of the world population. Meanwhile, policy-makers argue that border deaths demonstrate the need for restrictive border policies. Statistics are widely (mis)used to support different readings of border deaths. However, the way data is collected, analysed, and disseminated remains largely unquestioned. Similarly, little is known about how bodies are treated, and about the different ways in which the dead - also including the missing and the unidentified - are mourned by familiars and strangers. New concepts and perspectives contribute to highlighting the political nature of border deaths and finding ways to move forward. The chapters of this collection, co-authored by researchers and practitioners, provide the first interdisciplinary overview of this contested field.
DO  - 10.5117/9789463722322
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1006521
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1135854361
KW  - Border
KW  - deaths
KW  - migration
KW  - border policies
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/bb76a19f-9866-4edf-9372-6f21f21baeb5/9789048550203.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23625
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
PP  - Amsterdam
PY  - 2019
SN  - 9789463722322
TI  - Border Deaths : Causes, Dynamics and Consequences of Migration-related Mortality
ER  - 
