Essays about: "Border Controls"

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  1. 21. Automating Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis and Assessing the Methods Transferability : A Case Study Using High Resolution Geografiska SverigedataTM Orthophotos

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Samhällsbyggnad, GIS

    Author : Isak Hast; Asmelash Mehari; [2016]
    Keywords : automatic training area selection; scale parameterisation; multiresolution segmentation; classification rule-sets; positional accuracy;

    Abstract : Geographic object-based image analysis (GEOBIA) is an innovative image classification technique that treats spatial features in an image as objects, rather than as pixels; thus resembling closer to that of human perception of the geographic space. However, the process of a GEOBIA application allows for multiple interpretations. READ MORE

  3. 22. Editorial Framing. Critical Discourse Analysis of Swedish Editorials

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Hannah Lemoine; [2016]
    Keywords : Fairclough; Critical Discourse Analysis; Editorials; Framing Theory; Media Discourse; Migration; Border Control;

    Abstract : In this thesis I have conducted a critical discourse analysis of foureditorial texts, published in the newspapers Aftonbladet, DagensNyheter, Expressen and Svenska Dagbladet. Drawing on theoriesabout media discourses (Fairclough 1995), agenda-setting(McCombs & Shaw 1972) and framing (Goffman 1974), I haveexamined how the findings of Bolin et al (2016) correlate with discursivelyframed representations in these texts, in regards to negative,positive or neutral framing of border controls, immigrationand the connection made to political parties during the first weekof January 2016, when the Swedish temporary border controlswere introduced. READ MORE

  4. 23. Securitisation of Migration in Discourse and Practice – The case of Edirne, Turkey

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klara Lindvall; [2015]
    Keywords : securitisation theory; EU; Turkey; transit migration; Edirne; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The phenomenon of migration is a highly debated topic in international politics, rising in importance on the global agenda. This can be seen in the securitisation of migration policies of the EU, who has sought to restrict migration and sharpen border controls since mid-70s. READ MORE

  5. 24. Migration trends in the European Union following the 2004 Enlargement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Siddartha Aradhya; [2013]
    Keywords : Intra-­‐EU migration; transitional arrangements; 2004 EU enlargement; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following World War Two emigration from Central and Eastern Europe, in particular, has grown in spite of increasingly strict border controls. Given this rise in migration pressure from the East during a strictly regulated period, the 2004 EU enlargement of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia threatened to transform the migration landscape, as well as invoked fear of a mass East-­‐West migration. READ MORE

  6. 25. 'DO UT DES' - An anthropological study on the agendas of 'anti'-trafficking measures in Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Isabelle Johansson; [2012]
    Keywords : social anthropology; Article 18; Italy; trafficking; victims of trafficking; irregular migration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Trafficking in human beings is a topic that has received a lot of attention the last ten years. It has been referred to as a modern form of slavery and a crime against humanity. There is a flood of actors working to fight trafficking and save its victims, occupied with different forms of victim assistance. READ MORE