The European meta-borders: the outsourcing and militarization of European borders and the violation of the human rights of Sub-Saharan refugees

As meta-fronteiras europeias: a externalização e a militarização das fronteiras europeias e a violação dos direitos humanos dos refugiados subsaarianos

Abstract

This paper examines the process of the externalization and the militarization of the European borders and the containment of third-country refugees, especially the Sub-Saharan Africans, for European political reasons. This leads to the human rights violation of millions of them. This essay is focused on Libya as a case-study. Starting with the concept of borders in the general theory of “States” then moving to analyse the concept of European “Meta-borders” in Africa. The analysis begins with the agreements between EU member states and third countries. The paper also reflects on the necessity of overcoming traditional models of analyzing the migration flows, introducing the concept of “turbulent migration”.

Keywords:
borders; “meta-borders”; refugees; externalization; militarization