Border Realities: Protecting migrants or keeping them in their place? Migrant deaths, information campaigns and humanitarian dilemmas at the border

In this online lecture, Antoine Pécoud explores two forms of political interventions that are characteristic of the humanitarian dilemmas raised by contemporary border control. The first is the prevention of migrant deaths, with a particular focus on the production of knowledge and statistics. The second is the organization of information campaigns to incite potential migrants to stay in their country. In both cases, these interventions seek to address the humanitarian challenges posed by lethal migration dynamics – yet they simultaneously generate new forms of violence.

02/12/2025
4 pm-5.30 pm
Online, WebEx

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Antoine Pécoud is professor of sociology at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord and member of the Institut Universitaire de France.