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checkpoints are gradually being transferred to private
security companies.
Placing responsibility at lower levels may serve to
insulate governments from lawsuits. In the Mubenga
case, the three private security guards involved in the
deportation were initially arrested. Following
accusations from G4S employees that senior
management had repeatedly ignored internal warnings
about poor training and unsafe restraint techniques,
charges against the company are now being
considered. Yet none of these lawsuits are likely to
address whether the U.K. Border Agency should face
criminal liability for Mr. Mubenga’s death because of its
decision to outsource deportations in the first place.
Even if governments want to re-establish state control
over migration, it isn’t so easy. Political promises to
renationalize immigration detention centers in Britain
have so far remained unfulfilled despite repeated
reports of abuse and mistreatment. And privatization,
once pursued, is difficult to reverse.
The United States discovered this when, in the
aftermath of 9/11, it was faced with the challenge of
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hiring 45,000 employees for the newly established
Transportation Security Administration to recoup
sovereign control over previously private airport
security. And private contractors work to shape policy
as well. When Arizona’s notorious SB 1070
immigration bill was passed, 30 out of 36 co-sponsors
had received donations from private prison companies
or their lobbyists.
Today, government outsourcing has given rise to an
industry that encompasses nearly every aspect of
migration management in countries across the globe.
This shift comes at a price: It eliminates government
accountability and runs roughshod over the rights of
those subjected to private corporations’ control. And
unless governments reassert control over what used to
be a core sovereign function of the state, many more
Jimmy Mubengas are likely to die.
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen is a senior researcher at
the Danish Institute for International Studies and a
co-editor of the forthcoming book “The Migration
Industry.”
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