ABSTRACT
Through the early 21st century digital technologies have been increasingly integrated into the processes of daily life. This has meant that social interactions that were once based on physical information have become reliant on digitally stored and transmitted data. This chapter focuses on this technological/social transition, referred to as digitisation, in the context of migration and the crossing of significant jurisdictional borders, namely those that exist between sovereign states. It examines how digital technologies, including those capable of artificial intelligence, are being impregnated into the processes of migration and bordering, and the social outcomes that this is causing. Dataveillance is also undertaken by private corporations such as social media and telecommunication companies, which manage key digital frameworks and online spaces. Border digitisation also promotes the strategic shifting of state borders by governments seeking to increase their regions of influence and diminish their areas of rights.
