Mare nero? Undoing the <i>decolonial redux</i> , multiplying (post)colonial legacies and struggles

Critique concerning Migration Studies’ Eurocentrism and itsoblivion of race and colonialism has gained traction, promptingconsiderable soul-searching in the field as well as calls todecolonise Migration Studies specifically and conceptions ofmigration more generally. In this article, we emphasise that it isindeed of central importance to overcome the disjuncturebetween the study of contemporary migration and postcolonialformations, histories, and legacies by taking seriously the latterfor understanding the former. Clearly, colonial histories shape ourunderstanding of contemporary migrations and colonial legaciesare inscribed in the unequal and racialised governing ofpopulations today. Still, we caution against what we call adecolonial redux in analyses of (Mediterranean) migration and(EUropean) border enforcement, thus the production of linearand straightforward narratives that over-emphasize colonialcontinuities without sufficiently acknowledging the divergencesand shifting rationales underlying contemporary processes ofsubjection and subjectivation around migration. We argue thatovershadowing ambiguities and tensions in the making andgoverning of migration curtails possibilities to articulate a critiqueof, and resistance to, border regimes and the violence they enact.