CAREER: Geographies of Sovereignty: Global Migration, Legality, and the Island Index

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。许多关于移徙的研究考察了原籍国的条件、移民在“东道国”的经历，或两者兼而有之。相比之下，很少考虑原籍国和最终目的地国之间的过境和过渡区，即移徙者前往新地点途中经过的偏远地点。这个项目将研究这些国家之间的旅程。锡拉丘兹大学地理系的艾莉森·蒙兹博士正在进行这项研究，这项研究将通过调查岛屿作为移民、庇护和主权斗争的特殊场所，以及联邦国家安全和难民保护任务交叉的地方，来增进对这一被忽视问题的了解。新出现的大量文献表明，偷运业在管辖权不明确的地方剥削经济贫困的移民和寻求庇护者。各国还在偏远地区通过边境执法和拘留管理无证移徙。这项研究探讨了为什么特定的岛屿成为移民管理的地点，移民如何到达岛屿，以及随之而来的法律的问题。定性和定量的方法将被用来收集关于美国，澳大利亚和欧洲的岛屿，移民入境和处理的网站的数据。该项目旨在分析岛屿地理和人口统计数据，并根据这些数据开发全球课堂。由此产生的数据库将用于绘制离岸执法实践图，并制作一个岛屿指数，旨在将岛屿作为移民入境、处理和斗争地点的倾向进行排名。研究结果将促进对全球移民的了解，以促进当代关于移民，边境执法和庇护政策的辩论。该项目将提供新的方式来了解国际移民在国家之间的旅程中发生了什么，包括海上拦截的作用，岛屿上的拘留以及沿途出现的沿着人权问题。研究生将与首席研究员合作，在五个国家的六个实地进行比较研究。该研究将有助于政治地理和移民研究领域的创新课程设计，包括全球课堂，南非，英国和美国的学生将通过视频会议与跨境同行一起绘制全球移民地图。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Much research on migration examines conditions in countries of origin, immigrant experiences in 'host' societies, or both. In contrast, there has been little consideration of zones of transit and transition between country of origin and final destination, that is, the remote sites migrants travel through on their journeys to new locations. This project will examine these journeys between states. Dr. Alison Mountz in the Department of Geography at Syracuse University is undertaking this study, which will enhance knowledge on this neglected issue by investigating islands as particular sites where struggles over migration, asylum, and sovereignty transpire and where federal mandates of national security and refugee protection intersect. An emerging body of literature suggests that smuggling industries exploit economically impoverished migrants and asylum-seekers in places of ambiguous jurisdiction. States also operate in remote locales to manage undocumented migration through border enforcement and detention. The research asks why particular islands become sites of migration management, how migrants arrive on islands, and what legal issues ensue. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to collect data on American, Australian, and European islands that are sites of migration entry and processing. The project aims to analyze island geographies and demographics and to develop a Global Classroom based on these data. The resulting database will be used to map offshore enforcement practices and to produce an island index that aims to rank islands' propensity as sites of migration entry, processing, and struggle. Research findings will advance knowledge on global migration in order to contribute to contemporary debates about immigration, border enforcement, and asylum policies. The project will offer new ways of understanding what happens to international migrants on their journeys between states, including the role of interception at sea, detention on islands, and human rights issues that emerge along the way. Graduate students will work with the Principal Investigator to conduct comparative research in six field sites in five countries. The research will contribute to innovative curricular design in the fields of political geography and migration studies, including a Global Classroom where students in South Africa, England, and the United States will work via videoconference to map global migrations alongside peers located across borders.