The book examines the externalization of migration control from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective, focusing on 'remote control' initiatives in Europe and North America, with contributions from the fields of politics, sociology, law, geography, anthropology, and history. This book uses empirically rich analyses and compelling theoretical insights to trace the evolution of 'remote control' initiatives and assesses their impact and policy implications. It also explores competing theoretical models that might explain their emergence and diffusion. Individual chapters tackle some of the most puzzling questions underlying remote control policies, such as the reasons why governments adopt these policies and what might be their impact on migrants and other actors involved.

Part I: Introduction Preface 1. Mapping Remote Control: the Externalization of Migration Management in the 21st Century 2. Rising Tide: analyzing the Relationship between Remote Control Policies on Migrants and Boat Losses Part II: Externalizing Migration Management in Europe 3. Frontex and the Shifting Approaches to Boat Migration in the European Union: a Legal Analysis 4. Ethnography up the Stream: The UK 'Let them Drown' Policy and the Politics of Bordering Europe 5. The Politics of Negotiating EU Readmission Agreements: Insights from Morocco and Turkey 6. Europe's Global Approach to Migration Management: Doing Border in Mali and Mauritania 7. At a distance: the European Union and the Management of Irregular Migration in Eastern Europe 8. Eurasia and the Externalities of Border Control: Spillover Dynamics of EU-Russia Cooperation on Migration Part III: Externalizing Migration Management in North America 9. The US Visa Waiver Program and the Management of Mobility across the Atlantic 10. Judging Borders: Expanding the Canada-US Border Through Legal Decision Making 11. Visas as Technologies in the Externalization of Asylum Management: the case of Canada's Entry Requirements for Mexican Nationals 12. The South/North Axis of Border Management in Mexico 13. Secluding North America's Migration Outcasts: Notes on the International Organization for Migration's Compassionate Mercenary Business Part IV: Conclusions 14. Policy Outsourcing and Remote Management: the present and future of Border and Migration Politics