Punishment, globalization and migration control: “Get them the hell out of here" by Bosworth, M, Franko, K, Pickering, S

“…</p> <br/> <p>As globalization and global mobility continue to accelerate, there has been a concomitant growth in border control methods that are separate to, yet increasingly integrated within, systems of punishment. …”

A critical analysis of legal and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term impacts in Taiwan by Wu, Hsing-Hao, Chen, Chih Wei

“…Recognizing the imminent threats arising from an intensive flow of people from mainland China due to the lockdown policy adopted by the Chinese government, Taiwan has adopted strict border control, sophisticated contact tracing and monitoring measures, and most importantly the securing of sufficient Personal Protection Equipment supply for citizens to prevent community spread. …”
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The Bugs in the Bags: The Risk Associated with the Introduction of Small Quantities of Fruit and Plants by Airline Passengers by Roberta Pace, Roberta Ascolese, Fortuna Miele, Elia Russo, Raffaele V. Griffo, Umberto Bernardo, Francesco Nugnes

“…From 2016 to 2021, large quantities of plant products were found in the luggage of passengers travelling from outside the EU and seized at the BCPs (border control posts) in the Campania region. Inspections and the following laboratory analyses were conducted on the plant material to assess the presence of exotic pests. …”
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Dissecting the illegal pangolin trade in China: An insight from seizures data reports by James Kehinde Omifolaji, Alice C. Hughes, Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim, Jinfeng Zhou, Siyuan Zhang, Emmanuel Tersea Ikyaagba, Xiaofeng Luan

“…The future eradication of illegal wildlife trade in China is dependent not only on stringent border control and offender prosecution but also the; removal of other threatened species from the pharmacopeia and healthcare insurance which includes wildlife derivatives. …”
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Developing an Interoperable Port Health Contingency Plan by Robert Conway, Margaret M. Brennan, Paul Mullane, Cliodhna O’Mahony, Finán Gallagher, Gavin McDonnell, Brendan Lawlor, Darryl Coen, Regina Kiernan, Margaret B. O’Sullivan, Máirín Boland

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Profiling Volatilomes: A Novel Forensic Method for Identification of Confiscated Illegal Wildlife Items by Maiken Ueland, Amber Brown, Cecilia Bartos, Greta J. Frankham, Rebecca N. Johnson, Shari L. Forbes

“…Subsequently, specimens that were suspected ivory from border control seizures were obtained and analysed. Confirmatory DNA analyses were conducted on seized samples to establish the reliability parameters of volatilome profiling. …”
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The European Union Summary Report on Antimicrobial Resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2020/2021 by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

“…In 2021, MSs submitted for the first time AMR data on E. coli isolates from meat sampled at border control posts. Where available, monitoring data from humans, food‐producing animals and meat thereof were combined and compared at the EU level, with emphasis on multidrug resistance, complete susceptibility and combined resistance patterns to selected and critically important antimicrobials, as well as Salmonella and E. coli isolates exhibiting ESBL‐/AmpC‐/carbapenemase phenotypes. …”
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Non-Contact, Continuous Sampling of Porous Surfaces for the Detection of Particulate and Adsorbed Organic Contaminations by Low-Temperature Plasma Coupled to Ion Mobility Spectrome... by Izhar Ron, Hagay Sharabi, Amalia Zaltsman, Amir Leibman, Mordi Hotoveli, Alexander Pevzner, Shai Kendler

“…While this methodology is well established for several civil applications, such as border control, it is still not efficient enough for various conditions, as in sampling rough and porous surfaces. …”
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Achieving COVID-19 zero without lockdown, January 2020 to March 2022: The Taiwan model explained by Yi-Hsuan Chen, Chi-Tai Fang

“…This would effectively contain the virus's spread within Taiwan, particularly when combined with strict border control measures to prevent the overwhelming influx of imported COVID-19 cases and ensure the capacity of the medical and public health systems remains resilient. …”
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Policy Disparities Between Singapore and Israel in Response to the First Omicron Wave by Ma R, Shi L, Sun G

“…In Israel, the pandemic not only resulted in over 2.74 million confirmed cases, a mortality rate of 0.095%, a hospitalization rate of about 7.39%, and a severe illness rate of approximately 2.30% but also returned after the significant relaxation of prevention regulations from March 1st, 2022.Conclusion: Early and strict border control measures and surveillance measures are more effective in preventing and controlling the rapid spread of new strains of COVID-19 in the early stage. …”
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Disease burden due to COVID-19 in Taiwan: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) with implication of Monte Carlo simulations by Hsin-Chieh Tsai, Ying-Fei Yang, Pei-Juan Pan, Szu-Chieh Chen

“…To reduce infection risks and disease, it is crucial to maintain moderate social distancing, border control, hygiene measures, and increase vaccine coverage levels.…”
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Initial response to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) outbreak in Sri Lanka; views of public health specialists through an International Health Regulations lens. by Amandhi Caldera, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Gretchen Newby, Ruwanthi Perera, Kamini Mendis, Deepika Fernando

“…When COVID-19 reached Sri Lanka, healthcare workers, border control authorities and those involved with infectious disease control were overwhelmed by the magnitude of the pandemic. …”
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Migration Management in the Western Balkan Region: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Stanislav A. Gorokhov, Maksim M. Agafoshin, Ruslan V. Dmitriev

“…The strengthening of migration and border control in the region has led to the diversification of migration flows; as a result Bosnia and Herzegovina has become one of the main centers of transit migration. …”
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Terroir after the terror : landscape and representation in nineteenth-century France by Presutti, Kelly M. (Kelly Marie)

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A Subject Based Methodology for Measuring Interclass Bias in Facial Recognition Verification Systems’ by Peña-Alcántara, Aramael Andrés

“…Rapid progress in automated facial recognition has led to a proliferation of the use of algorithms to support decision-making in high-stakes applications, such as immigration and border control, hiring, and the criminal justice system. …”
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Rocking the boat: maritime humanitarianism and responses to displacement at sea, 1978-2022 by Dobie, IR

“…Second, it has embraced political debates over immigration and border control, posing a challenge to the humanitarian principle of neutrality. …”

Creating Realistic Presentation Attacks for Facial Impersonation Step-by-Step by Roberto Gallardo-Cava, David Ortega-Delcampo, Julio Guillen-Garcia, Daniel Palacios-Alonso, Cristina Conde

“…In addition, material science is constantly advancing and criminals, aware of this fact, are taking advantage of new composites to manufacture new artifacts that allow them to cross borders by breaching border control points. This article presents the creation of several presentation attacks using make-up, hyper-realistic latex, and prosthetic masks. …”
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Malaria outbreak along the India-Bhutan border town of Saralpara, Assam, India by Keshab Barman, Tobgyel, Natasha Dawa, Baharul Islam, Jai Prakash Narain

“…The fact that two countries had excellent inter-country cross-border collaboration and prior commitment thereby preventing further transmission of malaria to Bhutan can serve as a best practice for cross-border control of malaria and other communicable diseases.…”
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EU Member States’ Responsibility Under International Law for Breaching Human Rights When Cooperating with Third Countries on Migration: Grey Zones of Law in Selected Scenarios by Tamás Molnár

“…When Member States carry out various cooperative border control activities outside their sovereign territory, their responsibility is unclear. …”
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"One country, two systems": Sociopolitical implications for female migrant sex workers in Hong Kong by Wong, W, Holroyd, E, Chan, E, Griffiths, S, Bingham, A

“…This has resulted in an environment which fosters migration from the mainland to Hong Kong, due largely to proximity, higher earning potential, common language, and a relaxing of border control measures. However not all mainland China citizens are equally able to access these new migration schemes and indeed a number of women such as sex workers are either migrating and/or working illegally and without occupational, legal and health protection within Hong Kong.…”