[Air-L] Question: Increase in vigilantism/surveillance over refugees during the pandemic?

[Peck Cheong]

Hi Raphael,

I'm not sure how much technology was involved in terms of surveillance, but Malaysia used Covid-19 to clamp down on refugees (and 'illegal' migrant workers', in some instances, 'luring' them out on the guise of testing. This then led to clusters of Covid-19 infections in the camps where they were detained.

A couple of media reports as starting points:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/malaysia-detains-migrants-refugees-coronavirus-lockdown-200501134602431.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/02/malaysia-cites-covid-19-for-rounding-up-hundreds-of-migrants

Hope this helps.

All best wishes,

Niki

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  Johns, A., & Cheong, N. (2019). Feeling the Chill: Bersih 2.0, State Censorship, and “Networked Affect” on Malaysian Social Media 2012–2018. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118821801

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Dear all,

I understand that it's maybe too early to have many (or any) articles on the subject, but researchers who have focused on state responses to the refugee crisis around the world have noticed an increase in surveillance (through uses of technology) and control over refugee groups during the pandemic?

There are reports that Venezuelan refugees in Brazil have been under increased surveillance by the Brazilian army (though I don't know the details). Is there anything similar or notable in other parts of the world (such as increased control over Syrian refugees on the Greek-Turkish border, etc)?

I am trying to collect material or even get in touch with academics who have research in the area.
Best,
Raphael T.

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