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Protecting Europe and Protecting Migrants? Strategies for Managing Unauthorised Migration from Africa

Publicated to:British Journal of Politics & International Relations. 13 (1): 42-58 - 2011-02-01 13(1), DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00438.x

Authors: Carling, Jorgen; Hernandez-Carretero, Maria;

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PRIO, N-0134 Oslo, Norway - Author

Abstract

This article addresses the management of unauthorised migration from Africa to Europe. We review eight policy measures and explore how they relate to prominent policy narratives, centred on security, co-operation and protection of migrants. We also examine the specific mechanisms through which the policy measures function: direct control, deterrence and dissuasion. Analysis of policy narratives helps explain the ascendance of externalised migration control, such as pre-border patrolling. Furthermore, our analysis shows how the narrative of protection can be aligned with direct control measures and constitute a double-edged sword for migrants. The text focuses on maritime migration from West Africa to Spain's Canary Islands. We draw in part on ethnographic data from fieldwork in Senegal in order to assess the impact of specific measures on the target population of prospective migrants.

Keywords

Boat migrantsBorderBorder controlDeathDeterrenceEnforcementImmigrationMigration managementPolicyUnauthorised migration

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal British Journal of Politics & International Relations due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2011, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Political Science and International Relations. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 21.58, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 78
  • Scopus: 114
  • OpenCitations: 82

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 159.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 159 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 12.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Norway.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (HERNANDEZ CARRETERO, MARIA).