02438nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245016300055210006900218300001000287490000600297520170600303653002002009653001602029653002102045653001102066653001502077100002202092856013002114       2018                        eng d  a2300-168200aBorder Politics and Practices of Resistance on the Eastern Side of ‘Fortress Europe’: The Case of Chechen Asylum Seekers at the Belarusian–Polish Border0 aBorder Politics and Practices of Resistance on the Eastern Side   a69-890 v73 a<p>While the number of forced migrants moving out of conflict-ridden or otherwise troubled regions into relatively stable and safe parts of the world is higher than ever, the countries of destination are increasingly trying to prevent migrants from reaching their territories. Given the scale of forced displacement and current trends of tightening immigration policies, it should be expected that tragedies at the borders, similar to that recently witnessed in Europe, will become the norm rather than the exception and that new discourses and practices will continue to emerge, transforming territorial borders in various parts of the world into highly conflictual and politicised &lsquo;borderspaces&rsquo;. This article is a contribution to the understanding of borders through a case study of the recent policy of &lsquo;closed doors&rsquo; that Poland has adopted towards Russia&rsquo;s North Caucasus asylum seekers at the country&rsquo;s eastern border with Belarus, preventing them from entering the territory and claiming protection. It demonstrates that, through the process of &lsquo;bordering&rsquo;, power is no longer exercised only by the border guards at the crossing point in Terespol from where asylum seekers are being returned and that it is increasingly to be found in social practices that occur on both sides of the border, away from the clearance points. The article examines the various practices of resistance undertaken by the asylum seekers and other actors on several different levels in response to the changed reality at the border. It also analyses the meanings and discourses developed by Polish state actors in order to legitimise restrictive migration policies.</p>10aborder politics10aborderscape10aChechen refugees10aPoland10aresistance1 aSzczepanik, Marta  uhttps://www.ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/border-politics-and-practices-resistance-eastern-side-fortress-europe-case-chechen-asylum