ABSTRACT
Externalizing Migration provides a timely and compelling discussion on the current state of affairs in North American and European border and migration politics. How did we get here?, What is currently happening? and What might be next? are important questions which are addressed by the numerous contributions to this volume. Outsourcing, and the extension of “flow control” into the territory of “source” countries and regions, have indeed become the global norm, given that this can also be witnessed in other parts of the world, for example in Australia, which is expanding its long-standing practice of outsourcing and extraterritorialization as far as Cambodia (Taylor 2005b; Grewcock; 2013; Ahmed 2014). Externalizing Migration is a much-needed publication, especially since practices of outsourcing and remote management are in most cases almost completely hidden from the public. Rarely are they presented and discussed in a transparent and truly democratic manner; even experts, academics and important stakeholders such as parliamentarians lack complete insight. Little is known about these practices, specifically regarding the mechanisms and implications of outsourced and spatially-shifted control and management.
