This dissertation explores contemporary dimensions of the migratory control dispositif in Croatia. The research outlines how camps designed for people in migration were implemented through European union pre-adhesion incentives or funding. Through a geographical approach, the dispositif is analysed from the 2000s to the time period of the so called migratory "crisis" (2015-2016), in order to scrutinize its forms, fonctions and dynamics. At the individual level, the analysis questions the effects of this way of dealing with otherness in local societies. To this end, the cartographic project pays attention to the personal migratory journeys. Based on a social ant holistic geography and on the Croatian case-study, the conclusions of the research interrogate restrictive immigration and asylum policies in Europe.