Calais and its Border Politics: From Control to Demolition

Calais and its Border Politics- Front Cover -- Calais and its Border Politics -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Table -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Calais in constant crossroads -- Introduction -- Contemporary refugee crisis: Calais and its significance -- Calais and its situated geography -- Calais and the transient -- About this book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: The camp and the 'Jungle' -- Introduction -- The Western social imaginary of the jungle -- Camp as transient life -- Locating the Jungle as a camp -- Space, movement and 'camp thinking' -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Turning the refugee into the unwanted migrant -- Introduction -- Britain, Europe, and incoherent responses to refugee crises -- Turning the refugee into the migrant -- From Sangatte to the Jungles -- Britain's legislative retreat from humanitarianism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: The visualizing of Calais -- Introduction -- The context of irregular migration into Europe -- Analysis of the images in the newspaper coverage -- Spectacle of demolition, violence, and brutality -- The physical site of the camp -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5: The 'lone child' in Calais: from invisibility to the Dubs Amendment -- Introduction -- The invisible children in Calais -- Contextualizing the contemporary crisis in Calais and Britain -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Calais and the politics of erasure: demolition, flight and return -- Introduction -- The hard line of the French in 2016 -- The politics of immigration in the UK -- 'Progressive dismantling' of Jungle 2 (2016) -- The making, remaking and unmaking of the camps over 18 years -- Restoring law and order: 'the barbarians are at the gates' -- Violence, self-harm and madness -- The aftermath -- Notes