附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index.
Migration, and migratory myths. World migration. Postwar migration to industrialised countries. Migration to Britain -- Border controls. Racism. Early history of British immigration controls. Controls on commonwealth immigration. Fortress Europe -- Refugees : tightening the screw. The debasing of refugee rights. Legislation and legal processes in Britain. The criminalisation of refugees. Destitution. Detention. Campsfield immigration detention centre -- Resistance. Resistance in Britain. The sans-papiers movement -- Re-open the borders. Immigration controls and human rights. Immigration controls do not work. Immigration and jobs, wages and conditions. Immigration and public expenditure. Immigration controls and racism. Migration and the Third World. Free Movement.
摘要:European governments are inflicting ever-greater suffering on refugees and migrants, in a calculated but largely ineffective attempt to deter people seeking refuge and work. In "Open Borders," Teresa Hayter assesses the impact of the increasing severity of border controls since they were first introduced at the beginning of the twentieth century and makes the controversial case for their abolition. Hayter focuses on postwar immigration controls, especially the use of such controls against the peoples of former European colonies and East Europeans, and their effects on asylum seekers. She examines the recent history of European coordination of border controls and the notion of 'Fortress Europe'. Hayter argues that the existence of controls leads to great suffering and abuse of human rights, and that immigration controls are racist and help legitimate racism. She also demonstrates that immigration controls have actually had a limited impact on controlling numbers. To illustrate her arguments, she draws on empirical material, especially from Britain in the 1980s and 1990s, relating in particular to the use of detention, arbitrary decision-making and the denial of benefits. She compares British government policies with policies elsewhere in Europe and calls for a wider campaign for the free movement of people and the abolition of border controls.
