For nearly two decades the European Union and its member states have invested in migration awareness and information campaigns (MICs) in West Africa to prevent unwanted migration. While a growing body of migration scholarship has critically engaged with the larger-scale, European-funded MICs in Africa, local activist-led campaigns have received less attention. The article addresses this gap by focusing on campaigns organized by a local, activist-led organization in Dakar, Senegal. Building on ethnographic fieldwork, the article shows how activist-led MICs use counternarratives and action repertories entangled in and motivated by recent externalization interventions in Senegal and the EU–Africa borderlands. By situating these “ripple effects” of externalization locally and exploring their repercussions, the article illustrates how migrant experiences, border control, and violence become catalysts for collective action. The activist-led MICs in Senegal can be understood as activities that fundamentally challenge the political premises and outcomes of EU–Africa migration governance, including European-driven MICs. This perspective enriches our understanding of MICs in West Africa and the local ripple effects of externalization, underscoring local actors’ proactive role in trying to contest and reshape Eurocentric migration narratives and policies.

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流动性叙事的斗争：塞内加尔活动家如何利用另类信息运动来对抗欧盟外部化


近二十年来，欧盟及其成员国在西非投资于移民意识和信息宣传活动 （MIC），以防止不必要的移民。虽然越来越多的移民学术机构与非洲更大规模的、欧洲资助的中等收入国家进行了批判性合作，但当地活动家领导的运动受到的关注较少。本文通过关注塞内加尔达喀尔一个由活动家领导的当地组织组织的活动来解决这一差距。在民族志田野调查的基础上，本文展示了活动家领导的 MIC 如何使用与塞内加尔和欧盟-非洲边境地区最近的外部化干预纠缠在一起并受到其激励的反叙事和行动剧目。通过将这些外部化的“连锁反应”定位在本地并探讨其影响，本文说明了移民经历、边境控制和暴力如何成为集体行动的催化剂。塞内加尔由活动家领导的中等收入国家可以理解为从根本上挑战欧盟-非洲移民治理的政治前提和结果的活动，包括欧洲驱动的中等收入国家。这一观点丰富了我们对西非中等收入群体和外部化的当地连锁反应的理解，强调了当地行为者在试图对抗和重塑以欧洲为中心的移民叙事和政策方面的积极作用。