ABSTRACT

Border walls are often seen as preferable options to improve security by providing strong barriers against the movement of people. Although these barriers are never absolute and remain porous, they are still appealing, which raises the question about who benefits when border walls are introduced. This article questions whether and for whom border walls work by focusing on the new Turkish-Syrian border wall in Hatay. Through an ethnographic investigation of border politics and the effects of increasing surveillance on residents of the border, it examines the socio-economic and political impact of the wall on local life. Second, it shows how the wall has led to a significant increase in migrant smuggling, which indicates improvements in security in one policy area may lead to a worsening situation in others. It concludes that the wall reinforces the state’s claim of sovereignty but fails to be an effective security measure for border residents or refugees.

摘要

边界墙通常被视为通过为人员流动提供强大屏障来提高安全性的优选选择。尽管这些障碍从来都不是绝对的并且仍然存在漏洞，但它们仍然具有吸引力，这就提出了一个问题，即在引入边界墙时谁会受益。本文通过关注哈塔伊新的土耳其-叙利亚边界墙，质疑边界墙是否以及为谁工作。通过对边境政治的民族志调查以及加强对边境居民的监视的影响，它考察了隔离墙对当地生活的社会经济和政治影响。其次，它表明隔离墙如何导致移民走私显着增加，这表明一个政策领域的安全改善可能导致其他政策领域的情况恶化。