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Este texto explora la evolución de la gestión de las fronteras de Ceuta y Melilla con Marruecos, a partir de la entrada de España en la Unión Europea en 1986. Se examina el perfil progresivamente acrobático de los regímenes fronterizos euroafricanos con respecto a los flujos de personas y mercancías. Asimismo, se argumenta que la administración de las fronteras entre las dos ciudades autónomas y Marruecos acentúa la lógica contradictoria de suavización y fortificación en la que se encuentra inmerso el conjunto de las fronteras exteriores de la Unión Europea. ; Aquest text explora l'evolució de la gestió de les fronteres de Ceuta i Melilla amb el Marroc, d'ençà de l'entrada d'Espanya a la Unió Europea el 1986. S'hi examina el perfil progressivament acrobàtic dels règims fronterers euroafricans, en relació amb els fluxos de persones i mercaderies. A més a més, s'hi argumenta que l'administració de les fronteres entre les dues ciutats autònomes i el Marroc accentua la lògica contradictòria de suavització i fortificació en què es troba immers el conjunt de les fronteres exteriors de la Unió Europea. ; Ce texte a pour but d'explorer l'évolution de la gestion des frontières de Ceuta et Melilla avec le Maroc à partir de l'entrée de l'Espagne dans l'Union Européenne en 1986. Nous examinons le profil de plus en plus acrobatique de ces régimes frontaliers en ce qui concerne les flux de personnes et de marchandises. De même, nous argumentons que l'administration des frontières entre les deux Villes Autonomes et le Maroc souligne la logique contradictoire d'adoucissement et de durcissement dans laquelle se trouve plongé l'ensemble des frontières extérieures de l'Union Européenne. ; This paper explores the evolution of the management of the Ceuta and Melilla borders with Morocco, since Spain joined the European Union in 1986. It addresses the increasingly acrobatic profile of the euro-african border regimes, with regard to people and commodity flows. Furthermore, it argues that management of the borders between the Autonomous Cities and Morocco stresses the contradictory logic of softening and fortification in which the EU external border scenario is entrenched.

This contribution aims to provide a cultural–geographical reading of the borderscape of Punta Tarifa: the southernmost point of so-called continental Europe and a key site vis-a-vis material and representational Euro-African (dis)connections. It is argued that Punta Tarifa harbours a complex process of symbolic and functional invisibilisation that turns this border landscape into a highly significant scenario within the ongoing European Union bordering process. This invisibilisation process is twofold. On the one hand, it lies with the selective public neglecting/ignoring of a crucial historical episode which challenges mainstream readings of Europe's cultural heritage (the arrival of Tarif and Islam to Tarifa in the year 710). On the other hand, it concerns the veiling of the implemented migration management practices and, more precisely, the opacity surrounding the Migrant Detention Centre situated by Punta Tarifa. Having explored the case of Punta Tarifa, we suggest that a cultural–geographical reading – and hence the shedding of some light – on these and other similar invisibilisation processes is paramount in order to neutralise symbolic and functional exclusionary practices which lie at the heart of current European Union external bordering dynamics.

This contribution aims to provide a cultural-geographical reading of the borderscape of Punta Tarifa: the southernmost point of so-called continental Europe and a key site vis-a-vis material and representational Euro-African (dis)connections. It is argued that Punta Tarifa harbours a complex process of symbolic and functional invisibilisation that turns this border landscape into a highly significant scenario within the ongoing European Union bordering process. This invisibilisation process is twofold. On the one hand, it lies with the selective public neglecting/ignoring of a crucial historical episode which challenges mainstream readings of Europe's cultural heritage (the arrival of Tarif and Islam to Tarifa in the year 710). On the other hand, it concerns the veiling of the implemented migration management practices and, more precisely, the opacity surrounding the Migrant Detention Centre situated by Punta Tarifa. Having explored the case of Punta Tarifa, we suggest that a cultural-geographical reading - and hence the shedding of some light - on these and other similar invisibilisation processes is paramount in order to neutralise symbolic and functional exclusionary practices which lie at the heart of current European Union external bordering dynamics.