Spatial shifts in migration governance: Public-private alliances in Swedish immigration administration

Non-state actors are increasingly involved in enforcing immigration policies. Of late, there has been growing recognition that greater involvement of non-state contributed to reconfiguring migration governance a spatial sense. Scalar literature conceptualises the as move by authorities use beyond state enforce Network-inspired analysis, on other hand, draws attention attempts form alliances order influence policy. In this paper, we set out show shifts at play contemporary governance. make sense these shifts, advance reading which aims how efforts manage result of, and in, strategic enrol others, establish presence build relationships proximity reach. We provide one example this, involving an administrative alliance between Swedish government agency two intermediary labour migration: employers information-technology industry service providers. By drawing such new light can be shed ways recasts actors.