Open borders : the case against immigration controls / Teresa Hayter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayter, Teresa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Government policy--Europe.

Immigrants.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'A very impressive achievement.' Ann Dummett, founder, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants' Teresa Hayter has written a formidably comprehensive book on the history, mechanisms, and debates surrounding immigration controls in Britain ... The crux of Hayter's argument is that immigration controls do not, will not, & should not work ... essential reading.' Red PepperIn this new edition of Open Borders, Teresa Hayter assesses the impact of the increasing severity of border controls since they were first introduced and makes the controversial case for their abolition. Hayter focuses on postwar immigration controls, especially the use of such controls against the peoples of former European colonies and East Europeans, and their effects on asylum seekers. She examines the recent history of European coordination of border controls and the notion of 'Fortress Europe'. Hayter argues that the existence of controls leads to great suffering and abuse of human rights, and that immigration controls are racist and help legitimate racism. She demonstrates that immigration controls have actually had a limited impact on controlling numbers. To illustrate her arguments, she draws on empirical material, especially from Britain in the 1980's and 1990's, relating in particular to the use of detention, arbitrary decision-making and the denial of benefits. She compares British government policies with policies elsewhere in Europe and calls for the free movement of people and the abolition of border controls. The new edition brings this seminal work up to date with a lengthy preface exploring how the practices of the British government over the past few years has continued the process Hayter outlines in the main text - of abusive and irrational border controls and the criminalisation of entire communities. This second edition also updates the bibliography and list of campaigning groups, and ends with a new manifesto for a world without borders, declaring 'no one is illegal!'

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

1 Migration, and migratory myths

World migration

Postwar migration to industrialised countries

Migration to Britain

2 Border controls

Racism

Early history of British immigration controls

Controls on Commonwealth immigration

Fortress Europe

3 Refugees: Tightening the screw

The debasing of refugee rights

Legislation and legal processes in Britain

The criminalisation of refugees

Destitution

Detention

Campsfield immigration detention centre

4 Resistance

Resistance in Britain

The sans- papiers movement

5 Re- open the borders

Immigration controls and human rights

Immigration controls do not work

Immigration and jobs, wages and conditions

Immigration and public expenditure

Immigration controls and racism

Migration and the Third World

Free Movement

Appendix

Bibliography

List of organisations and campaigns

Index

Tables

1.1 Foreign population as a percentage of total resident population in European countries, 1997

1.2 Estimated net immigration from the new Commonwealth from 1953 to the introduction of controls in mid- 1962

1.3 Net migration to/ from Britain, 1871-1991

3.1 Asylum applications in Britain in the 1990s.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-188) and index.

ISBN:

9786611750459

9781783718566

1783718560

9781849642477

1849642478

9781281750457

128175045X

9781435661561

1435661567

OCLC:

71347157