How is undocumented migration typically mapped in contemporary cartography? To answer this question, we conduct an iconological dissection of what could be seen as the epitome of the cartography on undocumented migration, a map made by Frontex - the EU’s border agency- and then discuss iconographic alternatives. We find that Frontex’s cartography peddles a crude distortion of undocumented migration that reproduces and promotes xenophobic political propaganda - and thus stands in full confrontation with contemporary scholarship on borders and migration. We conclude with an urgent appeal for more creative, honest and humane cartographies of migration.
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Front Matter
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Part I: Approaches and perspectives on irregular migration
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Part II: Aspirations and facilitation of irregular migration
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Part III: Everyday life and (im)mobility
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Part IV: Informal and irregular labour and exploitability
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Part V: Geopolitics and micropolitics of control
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Part VI: Solidarity, advocacy and contestation
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Back Matter
