Illegal migrations and the transformation of the concept of privacy in societies of control

Abstract

Slovenia formally became part of the Schengen area in December 2007. While checks at internal common borders have been abolished, some new forms of intensive control over illegal migrations have been introduced, such as the exercise of strict security checks at external borders. Together with the slogan "Europe without Borders", there has been a radical change in the level of protection of privacy in state parties, due to the introduction of these measures. Although checks at common physical borders are no longer made, internal border control has not actually disappeared, but has rather become deterritoralized, unpredictable and dispersed. Such a form of the exercise of border controls, which radically changes the current concept of privacy, can be an important signal of the transition to societies of control.