ABSTRACT

Many accounts of justice and migration focus on the spatial exclusion of migrants. This article argues that two modes of exclusion, one spatial and the other social, are of normative interest. It explores the merits and demerits of territorial and social boundary exclusion from the point of view of justice. Territorial exclusion offends against freedoms of movement and association; social boundary exclusion undermines status equality among those subject to the same laws. Explicit awareness that modern states use both modes of exclusion is a prerequisite for clear thinking about migration justice.