Securitization without Security:

How Migration is Shaping the Global Order

Notes from the field

Architectures of Control

These entries from Mexico, the United States, and Turkey examine how states make migration governance visible and tangible on the ground. Through checkpoints, signage, mobile units, militarised zones and bureaucratic procedure, they trace the architecture by which control is built, displayed, and enforced.

Tapachula

Title: Everyday Securitization at the Mexico-Guatemala Border
Author: Greta Garcia Jalil Melendez
Location: Tapachula, Mexico
Date: July 12, 2025

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El Paso

Title: Sunday Morning Tour with a Local Fronteriza
Author: Greta Garcia Jalil Melendez
Location: El Paso, Texas
Date: July 13, 2025

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Istanbul #1

Title: Mobile Migration Points
Author: Samet Apaydın
Location: Fatih, Istanbul
Date: August 22, 2025

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Istanbul #2

Title: The Presidency of Migration Management
Author: Samet Apaydın
Location: Fatih, Istanbul
Date: August 25, 2025

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Izmir

Title: The Gate to Europe - Izmir
Author: Samet Apaydın
Location: Alsancak, Izmir
Date: November 30, 2025

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Basmane

Title: Changing Dynamics - Basmane
Author: Samet Apaydın
Location: Basmane, Izmir
Date: December 1, 2025

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Everyday Bordering

These entries from Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Tunisia look at the work of bordering where the state recedes, delegates, or withdraws altogether. They attend to the actors who fill those spaces, from paramilitary authorities to guides and fixers, to the enforced production of waiting, and to the ecological and civic costs of corridor formation and of life without recognised status. Bordering here is not a line at the edge but a practice met throughout the journey and through many hands.

Bogotá

Title: Migration, Visibility, and Urban Margins in Santa Fé
Author: Sarah Neubecker
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Date: July 9, 2025

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Urabá

Title: The “Big Brother” of Urabá
Author: Sarah Neubecker
Location: Necoclí/Capagurná, Colombia
Date: July 13, 2025

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Paso Canoas

Title: Where Are All the Migrants?
Author: Tatiana Padilla
Location: Paso Canoas, Costa Rica
Date: July 18, 2025

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Capurganá & Darién

Title: Navigating Dangerous Spaces
Author: Sara Sharpe
Location: Colombia
Date: July 20, 2025

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Darién Gap & Paso Canoas

Title: Traces in the Jungle, Trash in the Street
Author: Sara Sharpe
Location: Darién Gap, Colombia and Paso Canoas, Costa Rica
Date: July 20, 2025

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Miramar

Title: The Ones Left Behind
Author: Sarah Neubecker
Location: Miramar, Panama
Date: August 1, 2025

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Tunis #1

Title: Working in an Economy Under Pressure
Author: Andrew Fallone
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Date: May 30, 2026

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Tunis #2

Title: Living without Legal Migratory Status Under Compounding Pressures
Author: Andrew Fallone
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Date: March 31, 2026

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Tunis #3

Title: Speaking Out in a Civil Society Under Pressure
Author: Andrew Fallone
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Date: April 1, 2026

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