INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MIGRATION AND BORDER SECURITY STUDIES
Research and Scholarship
A central goal of the International Centre for Migration and Border Security Studies is to promote global collaboration between ICMBSS members with the aim of advancing the research and scholarship specific to migration and border security studies. This section highlights proposed and ongoing projects with the aim of encouraging collaboration, peer-review, insight, and learning.
Migration
Issues such as immigration control, refugee protection, migration programme integrity, and enforcement are all issues the ICMBSS seeks to support. Central to the vision of the ICMBSS is encouraging its members to undertake research projects collaboratively and internationally such as:
How nations identify, arrest detain, and remove unlawful non-citizens from their sovereign borders
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What technologies can most effectively, efficiently, and economically facilitate the lawful international movement of people while also identifying those who pose a risk to public safety or national security
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How refugee protection can most aptly be achieved to respect human rights while also ensuring national security and community interests are achieved
Border Security
In addition to the issues specific to migration, the ICMBSS supports research and scholarship specific to the multitude of issues surrounding border security. The ICMBSS seeks its members to encourage in collaborative and international research such as:
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What are the core competencies border security personnel should possess for a nation to realise an optimised level of border security
How can border security personnel most aptly inspect person and goods entering a nation to promote rapid and effective clearance while also effectively detecting smuggled/trafficked weapons, drugs, contraband, as well as people
What technologies can most aptly assist border security personnel inspect travellers and goods entering a nation while also supporting law enforcement and national security efforts
Professor Christian Leuprecht: Border Security Issues and Global Migration
OTTAWA: An interview with Professor Christian Leuprecht from the Royal Military College and Queen's University by the Europe Canada Network (December 2017).
Suggested Reading
Christian Leuprecht & Jamie Ferrill
Edited Book
North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century: Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World
Christian Leuprecht, Joel Sokolsky, and Thomas Hughes
Edited Book
James Ramsy, Keith Cozine, and John Comiskey
Textbook
Jeremy Harvey, Jamie Ferrill, Kelly Sundberg, Bridget Stirling, and Jennie Harmston
Journal Article