Moments In Flow

Tag: migration

  • THE SAHARA IS NOT A BARRIER. IT IS THE SHORTEST ROAD BETWEEN EUROPE’S INDUSTRY AND AFRICA’S ENERGY—AND THE CURRENT MIGRATION REGIME IS THE THING STANDING IN THE WAY

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    Here is the argument in one sentence: Europe’s industrial future depends on a trans-Saharan corridor that moves goods, energy, and people north and south, and the current migration regime is a political construction designed to stop the people while pretending to manage the goods. That sounds like a provocation. It is not. It is the…

  • THE PORTABLE VISA AS ANTI-CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY

    EU MODELS FOR DECOUPLING RESIDENCE FROM A SINGLE EMPLOYER Classification: Socio-Legal Blog Post | Series: Total Institutional Adsorption | Jurisdictions: Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Spain INTRODUCTION The previous post diagnosed the visa as a choke point: a legal architecture in which the worker’s right to remain is tethered to a single employer, and in…

  • THE VISA AS CHOKE POINT

    HOW IMMIGRATION STATUS CAPTURES REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY AND CONVERTS MIGRANT WORKERS INTO CAPTIVE PRODUCTIVE ASSETS Classification: Socio-Legal Blog Post | Series: Total Institutional Adsorption | Jurisdictions: Anglo-American Core, with EU/French Counterpoint INTRODUCTION The previous posts established the genealogy of Total Institutional Adsorption and its gendered reproductive dimension. This post extends the analysis into a domain where…