The Anti-Border "Imagination Battle": An Examination of the European Neighborhood Policy in Morocco

Abstract

This thesis examines the ways in which borders are enforced and imagined. The author uses public EU documents, expert interviews and anti-border scholarship to explore the oppressive nature of borders. Specifically, she focuses on how the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) tasks Morocco with policing its Northern border with Spain to protect the Schengen Zone. Morocco’s participation in the ENP demonstrates why anti-border thinkers and activists believe that borders uphold racism, wealth inequality and colonialism. This paper aims to convince readers to participate in what adrienne maree brown calls an “imagination battle” by questioning the current institution of borders and envisioning how humans can organize ourselves in the future.