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19 February 2015

Is it Ethical to Carry Keys for Research in Immigration Detention Centres?

18 February 2015

Helping Ourselves to Deal with the Pain of Others: Secondary Traumatization Syndrome and Vicarious Traumatization

17 February 2015

Suspicious Minds and Unwelcome Researchers: Obstacles Encountered When Researching Forced Return in Sweden

16 February 2015

Thinking and Talking about Research Methodologies: Why Should we Bother?

13 February 2015

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

11 February 2015

Reflections on Reading Tarakhel: Is 'How Bad is Bad Enough' Good Enough?

9 February 2015

Measuring the Quality of Life in Immigration Detention

6 February 2015

Drowning Not Waving

4 February 2015

Tarakhel v Switzerland: The ECtHR Finally Cracks Down on Italy?

8 December 2014

Undocumented Sorrows: How (not) to Apply for a Schengen Visa in West Africa

26 November 2014

Illegal at Home: Are Deportees and Non-Admitted Travellers Criminalized in their Countries of Origin?

24 November 2014

Involuntary Mobility: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

21 November 2014

“Our Boats, Our People, Our Knowledge”

19 November 2014

Asylum Seeking, Identity Tracking Techniques, and the Paradox of Web Truths

17 November 2014

Status City: Linking Legal Status Tracks and Urban Diversity

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20 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

2)

11 September 2026

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

by: Rachid Benharrousse

3)

10 November 2026

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

by: Andriani Fili, Stergios Magkriotis, Alice Troy-Donovan

4)

6 October 2026

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

by: Diana Volpe

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16 October 2026

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

by: Nicola Cocco, Kristina Millona, Patrizia Borsellino, Vittorio Agnoletto, Antonello D’Elia, Lara Tavoschi, Francesca Cimino, Fabio Perocco, Francesca Esposito, Chiara Montaldo, Camilla Ponti

Border Criminologies Blog

Is it Ethical to Carry Keys for Research in Immigration Detention Centres?

Helping Ourselves to Deal with the Pain of Others: Secondary Traumatization Syndrome and Vicarious Traumatization

Suspicious Minds and Unwelcome Researchers: Obstacles Encountered When Researching Forced Return in Sweden

Thinking and Talking about Research Methodologies: Why Should we Bother?

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

Reflections on Reading Tarakhel: Is 'How Bad is Bad Enough' Good Enough?

Measuring the Quality of Life in Immigration Detention

Drowning Not Waving

Tarakhel v Switzerland: The ECtHR Finally Cracks Down on Italy?

Undocumented Sorrows: How (not) to Apply for a Schengen Visa in West Africa

Illegal at Home: Are Deportees and Non-Admitted Travellers Criminalized in their Countries of Origin?

Involuntary Mobility: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“Our Boats, Our People, Our Knowledge”

Asylum Seeking, Identity Tracking Techniques, and the Paradox of Web Truths

Status City: Linking Legal Status Tracks and Urban Diversity

Top blogs posts this month

1)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

2)

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

3)

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

4)

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

5)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

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Border Criminologies Blog

Is it Ethical to Carry Keys for Research in Immigration Detention Centres?

Helping Ourselves to Deal with the Pain of Others: Secondary Traumatization Syndrome and Vicarious Traumatization

Suspicious Minds and Unwelcome Researchers: Obstacles Encountered When Researching Forced Return in Sweden

Thinking and Talking about Research Methodologies: Why Should we Bother?

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

Reflections on Reading Tarakhel: Is 'How Bad is Bad Enough' Good Enough?

Measuring the Quality of Life in Immigration Detention

Drowning Not Waving

Tarakhel v Switzerland: The ECtHR Finally Cracks Down on Italy?

Undocumented Sorrows: How (not) to Apply for a Schengen Visa in West Africa

Illegal at Home: Are Deportees and Non-Admitted Travellers Criminalized in their Countries of Origin?

Involuntary Mobility: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“Our Boats, Our People, Our Knowledge”

Asylum Seeking, Identity Tracking Techniques, and the Paradox of Web Truths

Status City: Linking Legal Status Tracks and Urban Diversity

Top blogs posts this month

1)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

2)

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

3)

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

4)

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

5)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

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