TY - CHAP A1 - Daňková, Petra A1 - Afeworki Abay, Robel A1 - Xypolytas, Nikos A1 - Kleibl, Tanja T1 - Introduction to externalization of EU borders T2 - Transnational mobility and externalization of EU borders: social work, migration management and resistance N2 - The dramatic pictures of violence on the Polish - Belorussian border, preventable shipwrecks off the coast of Italy and Greece or the killing of people attempting to cross the border into the Spanish exclave of Melilla are just the latest manifestation of the dehumanization, securitization and externalization of the EU migration management policies. A trend that can be traced to early 2000s has achieved a new level in recent years after a brief opening of EU borders around 2015. The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified these dynamics in important ways and deepened inequalities of transnational mobility (Lee 2020; Sumba 2021; Afeworki Abay, Kassaye and Kleibl 2022; Matela and Maaza 2022). The flight of people from Ukraine into the EU after the Russian invasion has highlighted the differential treatment of refugees based on intersecting hierarchies of racialization, gender and citizenship. Y1 - 2023 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhws/frontdoor/index/index/docId/5510 PB - Lexington Books ER -