As a closing piece to this series of essays for the Canadian International Council‘s “Beyond the Headlines” publication, we reflect on the scope of challenges and changes in borders and their security that COVID-19 has bequeathed us. Looking to the future, there is a...
Because of Covid-19, European Union reworked its air and airport regulatory guidelines as early as March 2020, and was able to see those effectively implemented across member states; 500 European airports and most airlines complied immediately. One of the consequences...
Since the COVID-19 virus became a global health emergency, European governments have introduced various border control measures restricting the mobility of citizens and migrants within its territory. This turn of events is particularly salient in the European context...
Relations between Mexico and Central American countries are a thermometer of Mexico-US Relations and SARSCoV2 has become a major challenge in Mexico's Border Security. Being the 3rd worst hit country in the world in terms of deaths caused by the virus, the Mexican...
New Zealand’s government has been widely lauded for the efficacy of its ‘go hard, go early’ approach to eliminating COVID-19. In terms of the border, this approach involved the closure of New Zealand to all but returning citizens and residents, and mandatory 14-day...
Comparatively, Australia has successfully responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Case numbers have remained low, efficient travel restrictions, quarantine, and contact tracing measures have been put in place. This essay will argue that Australia’s border security...
The emergency created by the impact of COVID-19 in Canada has forced the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to pivot to an important but challenging role, in terms of monitoring health security at the border. Canadian border control measures to deal with the...
The Open Borders Paradox holds that borders depend on extensive cross-border cooperation both for their effectiveness and legitimacy. The way Canada and the United States managed their joint land border in response to COVID-19 illustrates the extent to which...
The Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States was signed in 2004, in the wake of 9/11, and regulates the movement of asylum seekers between them. The Agreement certifies that, because Canada and the United States are both “safe”, an asylum...
This analysis explores the ideological nexus that the concept of border security and its associated practices occupy. This is important to explore as the principles governing a nation’s border security are driven by dominant ideological postures which manifest and...