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The International Organization for MigrationThe IOM’s Humanitarian Border Management in the West African Ebola Crisis (2014–2016)

The International Organization for Migration: The IOM’s Humanitarian Border Management in the... [The chapter focuses on the role of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in putting forward a humanitarian rationality to the governance of West African borders in response to the 2014–2016 Ebola virus epidemic. It reconstructs how the IOM as a central global actor in border security governance has sought to promote and apply its concept of ‘Humanitarian Border Management’ (HBM) to assist governments and border authorities with a more effective management of their borders. Through the analytical framework of ‘nodal governance’, the chapter analyses how the IOM aligns with and reproduces a political rationality of the ‘humanitarian border’ in its Ebola crisis response initiatives in West Africa. The chapter argues that the implementation of HBM carries significant ramifications for the reinforced linkage between humanitarian and security rationalities of governance in the regulation of West African mobility.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The International Organization for MigrationThe IOM’s Humanitarian Border Management in the West African Ebola Crisis (2014–2016)

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series
Editors: Geiger, Martin; Pécoud, Antoine
Scherf, Tilmann
The International Organization for Migration — Feb 19, 2020
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-32975-4
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217 –244
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-32976-1_10
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Abstract

[The chapter focuses on the role of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in putting forward a humanitarian rationality to the governance of West African borders in response to the 2014–2016 Ebola virus epidemic. It reconstructs how the IOM as a central global actor in border security governance has sought to promote and apply its concept of ‘Humanitarian Border Management’ (HBM) to assist governments and border authorities with a more effective management of their borders. Through the analytical framework of ‘nodal governance’, the chapter analyses how the IOM aligns with and reproduces a political rationality of the ‘humanitarian border’ in its Ebola crisis response initiatives in West Africa. The chapter argues that the implementation of HBM carries significant ramifications for the reinforced linkage between humanitarian and security rationalities of governance in the regulation of West African mobility.]

Published: Feb 19, 2020

Keywords: International Organization for Migration; Nodal governance; Border management; West Africa; Ebola virus epidemic

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