Contemporary migration policies frequently produce the very forms of insecurity they claim to prevent.
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At the Border of Rights
How North American migration policies endanger women and children
Key Insights
- North American migration policies increasingly prioritise deterrence and border security over humanitarian protection.
- Restrictive asylum systems, detention, and border externalisation expose women and children to violence, trafficking, trauma, and insecurity.
- These harms are structural consequences of securitised migration governance and reveal contradictions between security priorities and human rights commitments.
28 May 2026 · 14:21 CETUpdated 29 September 2026 · 16:17 CETIssue I
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Delage, C. Z. (2026). At the Border of Rights. EPIS Insight · Human Rights & Humanitarian Aid.
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