« In times of health crisis, civilization mutation and presidential campaign, the notion of border is central, whether it is political, economic or cultural. The first response to the arrival of Covid-19 on the territory was to "frame", "classify" and "control" the entries. The presidential election has reopened the debate: protectionism and immigration have resurfaced as major issues in the coming election.

The border is a "frontier space" which, by its structure, its geographical position and its history, is part of a territorial logic in which the notions of peripherality, margin and local...