ABSTRACT
Seeing movement like a state Sovereign borders continue to play a central role in politics, especially in the field of migration. Their importance has not by any means diminished, but merely shifted (see Andreas 2000: 3). Sovereign borders are thick. They thicken against and in relation to the moving body, as sovereignty is enacted both at the border and within the society. The administration of human mobility is extended and dispersed within the borders of the state through multiple practices. These practices are embedded within bureaucratic processes, put into operation technically or enacted through various networks that aim to govern and organise human life politically (see Bigo 2005; Huysmans 2006; Nail 2012; Squire 2009). They are designed to place the body within extant conceptualisations of politics, its space, forms and manifestations.
