RT Article
T1 Creating the national/border security nexus: counter-terrorist operations and monitoring Middle Eastern and North African visitors to the UK in the 1970s–1980s
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 31
IS 3
SP 595
OP 614
A1 Smith, Evan 1981-
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1850822638
AB This article looks at an earlier episode in the history of the UK border security apparatus by examining how the immigration control system was used in the 1970s and 1980s to detect potential terrorists from the Middle East and North Africa. Using recently opened archival records, it shows that the UK government introduced a strict system of visa checks, interviews, and other measures to nearly all Middle Eastern and North African visitors to the UK to prevent the entry of suspected terrorist personnel. By using these highly arbitrary measures, it became the modus operandi of the UK authorities to treat all Middle Eastern and North Africans as potential terrorists until convinced otherwise.
NO Gesehen am 22.06.2023
NO Published online: 14 Feb 2017
K1 Border control
K1 Counter-terrorism
K1 Immigration
K1 Middle East
K1 North Africa
K1 United Kingdom
DO 10.1080/09546553.2016.1272455