In this new edition of Open Borders, Teresa Hayter assesses the
impact of the increasing severity of border controls since they
were first introduced & makes the controversial case for their
abolition. Hayter focuses on postwar immigration controls,
especially the use of such controls against the peoples of former
European colonies & East Europeans, and their effects on asylum
seekers. She examines the recent history of European coordination
of border controls & the notion of 'Fortress Europe'. Hayter
argues that the existence of controls leads to great suffering
& abuse of human rights, & that immigration controls are
racist & help legitimate racism. She demonstrates that
immigration controls have actually had a limited impact on
controlling numbers. Britain in the 1980s & 1990s, relating in
particular to the use of detention, arbitrary decision-making &
the denial of benefits. She compares British government policies
with policies elsewhere in Europe & calls for the free movement
of people & the abolition of border controls. The new edition
brings this seminal work up to date with a lengthy preface
exploring how the practices of the British government over the past
few years has continued the process Hayter outlines in the main
text - of abusive & irrational border controls & the
criminalisation of entire communities. This second edition also
updates the bibliography & list of campaigning groups, and
ends-with a new manifesto for a world without borders, declaring
'no one is illegal '
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