Stara retorika in nova sredstva: Karantenske ladje kot sredstvo eksternalizacije

The article aims to illustrate and explore the rhetoric and institutional approach toward migrants – asylum seekers in particular – undertaken by Italy following the COVID-19 crisis. Through the account of the different “narrative phases” and the consequent institutional action undertaken, this article intends to demonstrate how the health crisis has sharpened and even intensified pre-existing attitudes and practices. The actions taken in the last year can be understood as a further step in the process of externalizing the borders. Through the instrumental use of rhetoric and illegitimate practices, a sort of de-territorialization has been implemented through the use of quarantine ships.Članek ilustrira in analizira verbalni in institucionalni pristop Italije do migrantov, še zlasti prosilcev za azil, med pandemijo covida-19. Z opisi različnih »vsebinskih faz« in posledičnih institucionalnih dejavnosti prikazuje, kako je zdravstvena kriza zaostrila in celo okrepila že obstoječe pristope in prakse. Aktivnosti prejšnjega leta lahko razumemo kot nadaljnji korak v procesu eksternalizacije meja. Država je z instrumentalizacijo verbalnih in nezakonitih praks izvedla nekakšno deteritorializacijo, ki temelji na uporabi karantenskih ladij