Borders, Boundary Mechanisms and Migration, 2021-2022

This project examined factors shaping civil society engagement with migration and forms of bordering through comparative international case studies exploring how social boundary activation mechanisms are articulated by civil society groups. In-depth interviews were carried out with state-civil society border workers at selected case study sites within Civil Society Organisations with national country wide remits. Case study areas were Czech Republic, Greece and the UK. Within the UK, some of the Civil Society Organisations were specific to Wales. Interviews address themes of boundaries, categorisation, discretion, civil society mobilisation and civil society/state interaction.