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Since time immemorial, migrants and travellers have been the subject of surveillance by governments and authorities. Wherever an authority’s jurisdiction is delimited by territorial borders, those that cross the borders whilst travelling remove themselves from the authority exercised in the area they are leaving only to enter a new area where their status is as yet unclear. They do not belong to this local community so, initially, they fall outside the powers exerted by the local authority. That is why it is very important for the authorities to find ways to gain control over migrants and travellers. One of the most important means of doing this is establishing identities and issuing documents proving these identities and the associated status as a member/non-member of the community.
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van der Ploeg, I., Sprenkels, I. (2011). Migration and the Machine-Readable Body: Identification and Biometrics. In: Dijstelbloem, H., Meijer, A. (eds) Migration and the New Technological Borders of Europe. Migration, Minorities and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299382_4
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