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

[Marco Campana]

This article (French) about electronic surveillance of immigrants in Canada
might be of interest -
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1718521/detention-immigration-bracelet-electronique-coronavirus-toronto-quebec

This June webinar recording might be of interest - Pandemic borders
webinar: Pandemic vulnerabilities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ83MbXj-04

Petra Molnar's article is relevant - COVID-19: can technology become a tool
of oppression and surveillance?
<https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/pandemic-border/covid-19-can-technology-become-tool-oppression-and-surveillance/>
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:48 AM Peck Cheong <Niki.Cheong at nottingham.ac.uk>
wrote:

> 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
>
> --
>
> Dr. Niki Cheong (he/him)
> Postdoctoral Researcher
> Department of Cultural, Media and Visual Studies
> University of Nottingham
>
> www.nikicheong.com
> Twitter: @nikicheong
>
> Latest publication:
>
>   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
>
> ________________________________
> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Raphael
> Tsavkko Garcia <tsavkko at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 12:55 PM
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> Subject: [Air-L] Question: Increase in vigilantism/surveillance over
> refugees during the pandemic?
>
> 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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