Since 2015, the cross-border movement of migrants and refugees has reached unprecedented levels. War, persecution, destitution, and desertification impelled millions to flee their homes in central Asia, the Levant, and North Africa. The responses in the Global North varied country by country, with some opening their borders to historically large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, while others adopted increasingly strict border policies.
The dramatic increase in global migration has triggered controversial political and scholarly debates. The governance of cross-border mobility constitutes one of the key policy conundrums of the 21st century, raising fundamental questions about human rights, state responsibility, and security. The research literatures on borders and migration have rapidly expanded to meet the increased urgency of record numbers of displaced people. Yet, border studies have conventionally paid little attention to flows of people, and migration studies have simultaneously underappreciated the changing nature of borders.
Borders and Migration: The Canadian Experience in Comparative Perspective provides new insights into how migration is affected by border governance and vice versa. Starting from the Canadian experience, and with an emphasis on refugees and irregular migrants, this multidisciplinary book explores how various levels of governance have facilitated and restricted flows of people across international borders. The book sheds light on the changing governance of migration and borders. Comparisons between Canada and other parts of the world bring into relief contemporary trends and challenges.
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J. Donald C. Galloway, LL.B. (Edinburgh) 1974, LL.M. (Harvard) 1975, is Professor of Law at the University of Victoria. From 1975 to 1991, Professor Galloway taught at Queen's University in Kingston. In 1991, he was awarded the Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research and completed his project on Immigration and the Liberal State at the University of Victoria. He has published several articles on criminal law, tort law, and legal theory in addition to Immigration Law in the Essentials of Canadian Law series. His teaching is now focused on administrative law and jurisprudence.

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Geneviève Tellier is Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her current research focuses on the role of parliamentary institutions in the budgetary process, the attitude of citizens toward budgetary policies, and the budget decision-making process of federal and provincial governments. She has authored two books, co-edited one, published several scientific papers, and is currently serving as a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group.

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Melissa Kelly was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Borders in Globalization Project at Carleton University. She holds a PhD in Social and Economic Geography from Uppsala University.

 

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Oliver Schmidtke is a professor in the Departments of Political Science and History and Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria.

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Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly is an associate professor and co-director of the Local Government Institute at the University of Victoria.

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