RISE OF THE PANDEMIC (COVID-19) AND SECURITY OF THE INSIDERS: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR TRADITIONAL BORDER POLICIES IN THE EU
Borders not only determine where the territories start and end; but also determine the insiders and the outsiders while regulating entrances and exits. Last century was of great importance in transformation of security and border issues. However, for two decades, sharp changes started to turn up due...
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| Language: | English |
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Ankara University
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2163564 |
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| Summary: | Borders not only determine where the territories start and end; but also determine the insiders and the outsiders while regulating entrances and exits. Last century was of great importance in transformation of security and border issues. However, for two decades, sharp changes started to turn up due to evolving challenges that we face. After migration crisis, arising from the ongoing civil war in Syria, the biggest challenge the world, notably the EU, has faced is the COVID-19 pandemic which carried the border security issue to a new dimension that never came to mind. Today’s border security policies are built on protecting citizens from microorganisms, viruses and carriers and it seems that “others” will continue to be both at the centre and out of these policies. |
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| ISSN: | 1303-2518 |