Moving forward Between Utopian and Dystopian Visions of Migration Politics

The chapter presents the authors’ views on ‘Moving Forward’, specifically on the development of better data to evaluate the impact of competing migration policies on border deaths, the need for an overarching vision for border control and migration, and the requirements for what is perhaps the most viable option currently, ‘muddling through’. Even in today’s difficult environment, many practical, legal, and technological initiatives flourish that could help prevent deaths; these initiatives provide a pragmatic way forward. To keep continued crises from becoming the new normal, we must use these promising practices to develop, and gain acceptance of, a migration framework that prevents border death.