Master thesis : Ceuta's Border Regime: Perceptions and Strategies of Civil Society Organisations"

Abstract

Ceuta, as a Spanish city in North African territory whose participation in the EU is marked by exceptionality, forms a very stimulating borderland for research in border and migration studies. With a complex history of relations with Morocco and a strategic position for the migration management of the European Union, Ceuta undergoes multiple bordering processes at the political, economic and social levels. Through fieldwork conducted during three weeks in the city with its civil society fabric involved in migration issues, this thesis assess the configuration of these bordering processes and how they shape the local fabric of civil society. Furthermore, the strategies that these organisations build to develop their work are examined, with special attention to the opportunities that are created for advocacy, and the conditions that need to be in place for CSOs to be able to develop counter-bordering practices.