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1. Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media : A Panacea for Migration Governance?

Author

Emre E. Korkmaz and Emre E. Korkmaz

Subjects
Emigration and immigration--Government policy, Border security--Technological innovations--Social aspects, Immigrants--Effect of technological innovations on, Refugees--Effect of technological innovations on
Abstract

This insightful book discusses how states deploy frontier and digital technologies to manage and control migratory movements. Assessing the development of blockchain technologies for digital identities and cash transfer; artificial intelligence for smart borders, resettlement of refugees and assessing asylum applications; social media and mobile phone applications to track and surveil migrants, it critically examines the consequences of new technological developments and evaluates their impact on the rights of migrants and refugees.Chapters evaluate the technology-based public-private projects that govern migration globally and illustrate the political implications of these virtual borders. International contributors compare and contrast different forms of political expression, in both personal technologies, such as social media for refugees and smugglers, and automated decision-making algorithms used by states to enable migration governance. This timely book challenges hegemonic approach to migration governance and provides cases demonstrating the dangers of employing frontier technologies denying basic rights, liberties and agencies of migrants and refugees.Stepping into a contentious political climate for migrants and refugees, this provocative book is ideal reading for scholars and researchers of political science and public policy, particularly those focusing on migration and refugee studies. It will also benefit policymakers and practitioners dealing with migration, such as humanitarian NGOs, UN agencies and local authorities.

Published
2021

2. Virtually local: social media and community among Polish nationals in Dublin

Author

Jessica Bates and Lee Komito

Subjects
Web 2.0, Library and Information Sciences, Social interaction, Social media, Transnational communities, Social group, Social integration, Irish, Sociology, Emigration and immigration--Social aspects, Migration, Polish--Ireland, Virtual community, Social network, business.industry, Immigrants--Effect of technological innovations on, Public relations, Social relation, language.human_language, language, Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Sociology), Poland, business, Ireland, Information Systems
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of social media (including social networking technologies) on migration strategies and integration, focusing on the use of new technologies for information seeking and dissemination, as well as personal communication.Design/methodology/approachA total of 26 Polish nationals resident in Ireland were interviewed in 2008, using semi‐structured interviews.FindingsResults indicated a significant use of new social media, especially social networking technologies based in Poland and largely used by Polish language speakers. The use of social networking technologies enabled “media rich” and resilient social groups to develop, founded on the latent monitoring of activities characteristic of face‐to‐face, geographically delimited communities. The resulting social groups incorporated friends and relations based in Poland, Ireland and throughout the world. These networks tended to minimize integration into Irish society, as most Polish nationals interacted only with other Polish people, whether resident in Ireland or elsewhere.Originality/valueThis research demonstrates that new technologies are having a significant impact on patterns of migration. New social media are changing the character of international migration, with an emphasis on mobility rather than assimilation. Where foreign nationals previously tended to integrate into the societies where they resided, migrants are now more likely to be peripatetic mobile workers. Furthermore, while these migrants often no longer live in physical ghettos, they now live in “virtual” ghettos or enclaves, as they use new technologies to create separate lives within the wider society in which they work and live.

Published
2009
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