Migration Control in Malaysia: Shifting Toward Internal Enforcement

• Main Authors: Low, Choo Chin, Mokhtar, Khairiah Salwa
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: migration control; border security; interior enforcement; surveillance; Malaysia
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol16/iss3/5; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1095/viewcontent/4_20RA_Low_26Mokhtar_20031417.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines two aspects of migration control in Malaysia. First, it deals with the question of how the securitization of border control is tied to a wider dynamics of national interest. Based on the notions of “security versus facilities,” this article contextualizes how the institutional...