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The speed of life and death: migrant fatalities, territorial boundaries, and energy consumption

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This article considers how migrant deaths – particularly in the borderlands of Europe and the United States – relate to the speed at which migrants travel. It argues that the most dangerous boundaries for migrants, and the most difficult ones to traverse, are those which embody the sharpest divides in energy consumption, divides reflected in the vulnerability of migrants who typically move at relatively slow speeds and have insufficient access to safe modes of travel. Thus, migrant deaths and the boundaries that produce them embody the injustices associated with grossly unequal levels of access to, control over, and consumption of environmental resources.

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  • Joseph Nevins, 2018. "The speed of life and death: migrant fatalities, territorial boundaries, and energy consumption," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 29-44, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:13:y:2018:i:1:p:29-44
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2017.1349392
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    1. Alessandra Von Burg, 2019. "Citizenship Islands: The Ongoing Emergency in the Mediterranean Sea," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 218-229.

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