ABSTRACT

This article, primarily focused on Europe, charts some of the momentous transformations in bordering practices, migration and global mobility that have been sparked by the new coronavirus pandemic. In a first part it argues that since the onset of the pandemic, the enduring ‘global mobility apartheid’ which uses citizenship and visa restrictions to police the differential access to mobility founded on race and class, has been supplemented by a fluctuating ‘sanitary apartheid’, seeking to separate populations designated as at risk of Covid-19 infection from those designated as Covid-free. While these logics are distinct, where states have conflated them, we have seen eruptive and mutating border violence. In a second more normative part the article seeks to rethink the demand for freedom of movement in the context of the pandemic, arguing that allowing migrants who today are illegalised to move in safe and legal ways is also the condition to implement sanitary measures to protect the health of migrants and sedentary populations alike. Adopting a mobility justice approach, the article also argues that the excessive mobility of the privileged through air travel that has been a major factor in spreading the virus and contributes to ecological destruction should be limited. Ultimately this article calls for re-thinking the politics of (im)mobility in the context of the pandemic as part of the process of transformation towards a more just and sustainable world.

摘要

本文主要关注欧洲，它描绘了新的冠状病毒大流行引发的接壤实践，移民和全球流动性的一些重大变化。在第一部分中，该论据认为，自大流行开始以来，持久的“全球流动种族隔离”利用公民身份和签证限制来监督基于种族和阶级的流动性差异获取，而动荡的“卫生种族隔离”则对此进行了补充。 ，试图将指定有Covid-19感染风险的人群与指定为无Covid的人群分开。尽管这些逻辑是截然不同的，但在国家将它们混为一谈的同时，我们也看到了爆发性和变异性的边境暴力。在第二个更规范的部分中，该文章试图重新考虑大流行背景下对行动自由的需求，主张允许今天被非法化的移民以安全和合法的方式移动也是实施卫生措施以保护移民和久坐不动人群健康的条件。该文章还采用了一种流动性正义的方法，并认为应限制特权飞行者的过度流动性，而这种过度流动一直是传播病毒并造成生态破坏的主要因素。最终，本文呼吁在大流行的背景下重新考虑（流动）政治，这是向更公正和可持续的世界转型的过程的一部分。该文章还采用了一种流动性正义的方法，并认为应限制飞行中特权人士的过度流动，这是传播病毒并造成生态破坏的主要因素。最终，本文呼吁在大流行的背景下重新考虑（流动）政治，这是向更公正和可持续的世界转型的过程的一部分。该文章还采用了一种流动性正义的方法，并认为应限制特权飞行者的过度流动性，而这种过度流动一直是传播病毒并造成生态破坏的主要因素。最终，本文呼吁在大流行的背景下重新考虑（流动）政治，这是向更公正和可持续的世界转型的过程的一部分。