Body as Border

Political Affiliations of Undocumented Migrants on Stage

Abstract

At a time when the borders of individual EU states, and beyond, are closed due to the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, the question of undocumented migrants’ political affiliation takes on new urgency, particularly with regard to Moria and other refugee camps on the external borders of the EU. It is clear that in Germany especially, but also in other affected countries, the question of who may and who may not cross a border is not necessarily being decided on the basis of humanitarian claims or existing asylum law categories, but on the basis of political and socio-economical necessities.[...]