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The essay aims to critically examine the role of documents in migration regimes and their impact on mobility and control.

Mobilizing Documents: Identification, Bureaucracy, and Policing in Transnational Mobility

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The essay aims to critically examine the role of documents in migration regimes and their impact on mobility and control.
Co-authored ethnographic research involving six contributors
Critical analysis of literature on migration documents
Discussion of examples including aspal passports and roles of NGOs and brokers
Documents can provide hope for migrants but also perpetuate violence and control
Bureaucratic infrastructures create varying degrees of exploitation and vulnerability
Documents are dynamic and influenced by relations with state and non-state actors

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This essay explores how documents affect mobility and control in migration regimes, highlighting implications of inequalities.

Ghosh et al. (2026) studied this question.

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