In Libya's context of fragmented state authority, what does it mean for sub-Saharan migrants to be legible to state and criminal actors through their bodies rather than through the law? How do they experience and navigate precarity? Examining informal bordering practices in Libya reveals a mode of migration governance that is based less on legally restricting mobility and more on allowing uncertainty to proliferate and on exploiting migrants’ lives. In this system, certain bodies become targets for policing according to their skin color, documents, and blood tests, which can lead migrants to be extorted for money and detained. Migrants cope with such informal borderwork through affective labor. This plays a vital role in shaping their mobility decisions. By linking informal bordering practices with affect and mobilities, we can recast formal, state-centered ideas about migration governance. [mobility, migration, bordering practices, affect, Libya]

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边界实践

在利比亚国家权力分散的背景下，撒哈拉以南移民通过他们的身体而不是通过法律被国家和犯罪行为者识别意味着什么？他们如何体验和驾驭不稳定？考察利比亚的非正式边界做法揭示了一种移民治理模式，该模式不是基于法律限制流动，而是更多地基于允许不确定性扩散和剥削移民的生活。在这个系统中，某些身体会根据肤色、证件和血液检测成为警察的目标，这可能导致移民被勒索钱财并被拘留。移民通过情感劳动来应对这种非正式的边境工作。这在塑造他们的出行决策方面起着至关重要的作用。通过将非正式的边界实践与情感和流动性联系起来，我们可以重新塑造正式的、以国家为中心的移民治理理念。[流动性，迁移，接壤的做法，影响，利比亚]