ABSTRACT

This chapter discussed about the European Commission outlined to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions a technical framework for setting up a EUROSUR to enhance the capabilities of member states to control the Mediterranean southern limits of Europe. The EUROSUR system is structured around three elements interlinking and streamlining existing national surveillance systems, common tools and applications for border surveillance at the EU level, and creating a common monitoring and information sharing environment for the EU maritime domain. It is particularly true if they refer to the virtual gateways of Europe. The productive tensions generated by the interaction between migrants and new available technologies. New technologies provide the motivation for engaging border practices intended both as practices of control and migratory movements. The overproduction of contemporary technologies of border control impacts the meaning of European externalization of migration control.