ABSTRACT
This chapter examines that how new technologies shape the policy perception of problems of migration and mobility and looks at how the role of the state itself transforms both on a conceptual as well as on an empirical level. It sketches a theoretical view on the use of technologies and data applied to the matter of managing migration and mobility at the national and especially the European level. Finally, it discusses the consequences of these developments for the position of the state and the state's agency. The process of mediation has three aspects: place, time, and meaning. These three characteristics of mediation processes have severe consequences for the position of the state and the justification of the state's role in the datafication of mobility and migration management. The sheer numbers of international mobility and the fast developments in modern surveillance technologies have changed the way states register, monitor, and deal with human mobility and migration.
