Revisiting the Lahad Datu standoff in Sabah: The security issues by Jelani Hamdan, Romzi Ationg, Kasim Mansur, Madiyem Layapan, Mohd. Sohaimi Esa

“…The paper is intended not to blame anyone but instead to create awareness among us on the importance of strict international border controls, consistence citizenship policy, and transparent political activities. …”
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Migration Policies of the EU: Burning Tendencies of the Organizational and Law Regulation by S. A. Trykanova

“…The article considers current tendencies of migration policies in the European Union including labour migration regulation, borders control, etc. The author concludes by analyzing patterns of optimization of the EU migration policy.…”
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The European Community and refugees by Loescher, G

“…The formation of a single market will require the strengthening of the Community's external border controls - which will inevitably have major implications for refugee and asylum policy. …”

Politique de sécurité et villages-frontière entre États-Unis et Québec by Frédéric Lasserre, Patrick Forest, Enkeleda Arapi

“…The theoretical debate about artificial boundaries resurfaced among this sudden strengthening of border controls and the reaction among the locals. It would be more accurate to stress border management practices as the core factor for this complex situation.…”
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Minefields and humanitarian Demining at the Chile-Bolivia Border: A Step-by-Step Approach by Gilberto Cristian ARANDA BUSTAMANTE, Sergio Fernando SALINAS CAÑAS

“…This article will discuss the implementation, over 30 years, of border controls atthechilean-Bolivian frontier through the deployment of one of the most aggressive policiesseen inteichopolitics: mine-laying that resulted in a virtual wall between both countries.Finally, the reasons that ledchile in recent years to remove mines and reduce its control ofthe border will be analyzed…”
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VAT compliance, trade, and institutions by Morrow, P, Smart, M, Swistak, A

“…We develop a simple model of value added tax (VAT) compliance, and estimate it using widely available national accounts data to learn about compliance in countries where little is currently known. International border controls improve VAT compliance, generating a correlation between imports and aggregate VAT revenues that is informative about domestic noncompliance. …”

Nowhere to go? The case of displaced people in Maghreb states during the COVID-19 pandemic by Johnatan da Costa Santos

“…Abstract The spread of COVID-19 in early 2020 has prompted governments to impose travel and mobility restrictions ranging from increased border controls to limitations to internal movement, and border closures. …”
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Epidemiology of African Swine Fever and Its Risk in Nepal by Deepak Subedi, Suman Bhandari, Saurav Pantha, Uddab Poudel, Sumit Jyoti, Milan Kandel, Surendra Karki, Santosh Dhakal

“…Because there are no effective vaccines available to prevent ASF, the government should focus on preventing entry of the virus through strict quarantine measures at the borders, controls on illegal trade, and effective management practices, including biosecurity measures.…”
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Effects of Closures and Openings on Public Health in the Time of COVID-19: A Cross-Country and Temporal Trend Analysis by Long Chu, R. Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas, Mary-Louise McLaws

“…Many countries mandated social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 to 2022 that variously included opening hours restrictions on hospitality and retail, economy-wide closures, and additional international border controls. We analyzed whether more restrictive (hereafter, closures) or less restrictive (hereafter, openings) social distancing measures changed the short-term trends in the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and ICU patients in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. …”
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A contested crisis: policy narratives and empirical evidence on border deaths in the Mediterranean by Steinhilper, E, Gruijters, R

“…While humanitarian organisations argue that deaths result from Europe's policy of exclusion and closure, those employing a deterrenceoriented narrative have argued for even stricter border controls. Perhaps because of its contentious nature, the debate is often devoid of systematic information on the drivers and dynamics of border deaths. …”

Ethical considerations for DNA testing as a proxy for nationality by Valedie Oray, Sara H. Katsanis

“…DNA testing has been used sparsely to date to determine ancestral origin as a proxy for nationality but could increase as border controls tighten. Given the historic lessons in eugenics and the potential for misuse of personal genetic information, it is essential to consider the ethical parameters in order to guide the implementation of genetic data for such purposes. …”
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An Institutional Approach to Bordering in Islands: The Canary Islands on the African-European Migration Routes by Dirk Godenau

“…Increasing surveillance in countries of origin, enforcement of border controls and stricter return policies were used to stop flows. …”
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Competing Visions and Constitutional Limits of Schengen Reform: Securitization, Gradual Supranationalization and the Undoing of Schengen as an Identity-Creating Project by Jonas Bornemann

“…By prioritizing security considerations over alternative visions of Schengen, some Member States have reintroduced internal border controls on a quasi-permanent basis. Current reform proposals seek to address this situation but may be unable to revive the co-existence of the different visions underpinning the earlier phases of Schengen integration. …”
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Investigating the Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis on the Discourse of Globalization and its Future by mohsen Shafiee Seifabadi, ali bagheri dolatabadi

“…Corona's oversight has intensified, with states continuing to tighten their policies, such as blocking borders, controlling and restricting information and news, disregarding social justice and human rights, the spread of nationalism, authoritarianism and severe censorship. …”
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The escalation of US and Chinese divergence in the post-Corona era and its implications for the Islamic Republic of Iran by Mohammad Reza Dehshiri, Mohammadreza Ghaedi, Seyed Mehdi Habibi

“…Corona's oversight has intensified, with states continuing to tighten their policies, such as blocking borders, controlling and restricting information and news, disregarding social justice and human rights, the spread of nationalism, authoritarianism and severe censorship. …”
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COVID-19’s re-bordering impact on the identity of the Polish-German borderland from the perspective of Polish residents: the case of the twin cities of Słubice and Gubin by Łukasz Rogowski, Maciej Frąckowiak

“… One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the temporary closure of many state borders and the reintroduction of border controls. This included countries in the Schengen Area, and thus the Polish-German border. …”
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Turning the tide? by de Haas, H

“…Restrictive immigration policies and the militarisation of external border controls by the US and the EU have failed to significantly curb immigration from Latin America and Africa. …”

“I Don’t Know if It Wanted Me to Dance”. On Leading and Being Led in Human-eGate Interaction by Bettina Paul, Sylvia Kühne

“…Automated border controls, like eGates, are becoming an everyday experience when travelling. …”
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Hazards in Seafood Notified in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in 1996–2020 by Marcin Pigłowski

“…The reported seafood products originated mainly from European and Asian countries and were notified on the basis of official or border controls, respectively. In order to minimize or eliminate risks, it is important to have the right activity of control authorities, appropriate legislation at the European and national levels and awareness at the different stages of the food chain.…”
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Harmonisation of European Migration Policies: The Failure of Immigration Control Policies in the Seventh and Eighth Decades of the 20th Century by Milan Mesić

“…The turning-point in the direction of “harmonising” West European migration policies was marked by the Schengen agreement (1985) on gradual elimination of border controls between the signing parties (France, Germany and the Benelux countries). …”
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