Abstract
At the beginning of the 1990s, I detected an extensive and persistent reference to the construction of borders around Europe, firstly in activities related to ethnic minorities’ rights in Great Britain. This quickly spread to various other activist issues as well as to the other older European countries. Additionally, this would include the new European construct, which would finally unify many states of Southern Europe. The EU made successive attempts to guarantee justice without inner borders and with free circulation. The result was the control of outer borders and the control of movement related to asylum, immigration and the fight against criminality. Over time, the construction of a Fortress Europe would highlight these issues.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2015 Natalia Ribas-Mateos
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Ribas-Mateos, N. (2015). The Luso-Galician Raia (Line). In: Border Shifts. Frontiers of Globalization Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493590_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137493590_4
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-69709-0
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-49359-0
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences CollectionSocial Sciences (R0)