‘Why should we speak with you?’
An interview with Ruben Andersson on his book Illegality Inc, an ethnographic account of Europe’s efforts to halt irregular migration along Spain's borders with Africa.
Image from the cover of Illegality Inc. Image via the author with permission from the publisher.
Ruben Andersson is an anthropologist and associate professor at Oxford University who works on migration, borders and security with a focus on the West African Sahel and southern Europe. His book, Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and the Business of Bordering Europe, is an ethnographic account of Europe’s efforts to halt irregular migration along the Spanish-African borders. He spoke with Keren Weitzberg, author of the book We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments on Belonging in Kenya for Africa Is A Country.
