lo Squaderno (Sep 2016)

Passeur Theory

  • Andrea Mubi Brighenti

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 41
pp. 13 – 16

Abstract

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By and large, the passeur – or smuggler – tends to be a sad figure. A by-product of closure immigration policies, he acts as a parasitical creature that exploits the fallacies of mobility regimes in place. The passeur installs himself in an ecological niche from which a marginal advantage can be extracted, acting as a service provider of illicit transportation against prescribed immobility.

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