In this special issue an examination of the gendered implications of 'Fortress Europe', a methaphor for the closing of Europe's borders in the context of European unifcation. With the following articles: - Becoming the 'refugee': creation of a gendered subjectivity among male asylum seekers in Switzerland / by Anya Gass - 'Zijn Vlamingen dan ook niet goed geïntegreerd? Een kruispuntanalyse van integratievertogen in Vlaanderen vanuit het standpunt van moeders zonder papieren / by Tine Brouckaert - Gender and the integrationist turn': comparative perspectives on marriage migration in the UK and Sweden / by Suruchi Thapar-Björkert and Karin Borevi - Postcolonial queer critique in post-communist Europe: stuck in the Western progress narrative? / by Rasa Navickaite
In May 2010 Dora the Explorer became the poster child for the undocumented immigrant female. A photoshopped Dora posing for her mug shot with a black eye and bloody nose, holding a sign that read 'Illegal border crossing, resisting arrest'.
Special issue, a continuation of the previous issue 'Fortress Europe', with the focus on crossing borders. Containng the following articles: - 'I've learned to fight for every opportunity tooth and nail!': a gender approach to adaptation strategies of Russian-speaking imigrants in Germany / by Oxana Krasilnikova - 'Since I am here, I scream': female rejected asylum seekers negotiating agency and victimhood in the Netherlands / by Mari Pitkänen - Female spouses at the doors of fortress Europe: marriage and security at consulate offices in Cameroon / by Maybritt Jill Alpes - 'As long as care is attahed to gender, there is no justice': an interview with Joan C. Tronto / by Bernhard Weicht - A day in her life: a multimedia exploration of the daily lives of sex workers in Amsterdam's Red Light District / by Voices of Women Media Volum 44: a participatory photo project with migrant sex workers in South Africa / by Elsa Oliveira