{"id":1112,"date":"2023-04-24T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/who-owns-the-border\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T13:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T11:22:26","slug":"who-owns-the-border","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/ies-frontier-of-the-future\/who-owns-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Who owns the border?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1112\" class=\"elementor elementor-1112 elementor-139\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1f980f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1f980f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_mouseTrack_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_mouseTrack_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_mouseTrack_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc99480 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc99480\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d72b324 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d72b324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who owns the border?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e19e1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07e19e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/ies-frontier-of-the-future\/\">Station IES \/ Borders of the Future<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf1e81 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbf1e81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a2739 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8a2739\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13fd368 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13fd368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the ground, the new One Stop Border Posts are often viewed critically. Across Kenya, border residents complain that the new border posts threaten their livelihoods. In border towns where truckers used to have to wait several days for clearance, independent hotel and restaurant owners, shopkeepers and sex workers have benefited. For them, there are hardly any economic alternatives.    <strong>The accelerated border traffic through digitalised border controls now leads to the loss of the main source of income for these local service providers. In addition, in some places the new border facilities prevent any contact with potential clients.<\/strong> In addition, in some places the new border facilities prevent any contact with potential clients.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, border guards are almost exclusively from other regions of the country and are perceived by locals as cultural and linguistic strangers. As a result, <strong>their entitlement to control the border is questioned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32efbcd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"32efbcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><p>\"Those who benefit from the border are foreigners, not the people from here.\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Wafula M.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">local resident at the Ugandan-Kenyan border post Malaba, 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e230610 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e230610\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9471db elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"e9471db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/ies-frontier-of-the-future\/open-borders-between-national-and-neo-colonial-interests\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-left\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--label\">back<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Open&#8221; borders: Between national and neo-colonial interests<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/imprint\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--label\">forward<\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">Imprint<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1eafe7 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c1eafe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/borderstories.de\/en\/ies-frontier-of-the-future\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Overview Station IES \/ <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the ground, the new One Stop Border Posts are often viewed critically. 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