« We are not smugglers »: The Role of Cross-Channel Transport Companies in the Enforcement of Border Controls
In the early 2000s, actors of cross-Channel transport are forced to be involved in border control due to financial pressure from the British Government. Based on fieldwork conducted between 2011 and 2017 in Calais, this article explores the delegation of border controls to private actors and investigate the use of « discretion » by sailors and trucks drivers in the implementation of these controls. More broadly the article analyzes how the focus on the border work documents the redeployment of State regarding migration controls and the definition of the foreigners.