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16 May 2023

A Steel Fence for Europe’s External Borders

by: Angeliki Dimitriadi

11 September 2018

Outsourcing European Border Control: Recent Trends in Departures, Deaths and Search and Rescue Activities in the Central Mediterranean

10 September 2018

Last Night in Sweden

11 July 2018

Where Are We Going? Italy (And Europe) at the Crossroads between Xenophobia and Hospitality

22 May 2018

Migrant Digitalities and the Politics of Dispersal: An Introduction

17 July 2017

Challenges and Expectations of Safeguarding and Anti-Trafficking Initiatives at the UK Border

8 May 2017

Economic Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Ten Fingers: Some Reflections on Eurodac and Border Control

4 May 2017

Border Crimes: The Case of Lesvos

15 March 2017

Containment Through Mobility at the Internal Frontiers of Europe

3 March 2017

Book Review: Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest

3 February 2017

Book Review: Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move

24 January 2017

Organising in an Era of Populism: On the Importance of Optimism

30 June 2016

The Value of Borders

17 February 2016

Bonfire of the ‘Illegalities’? China’s New Immigration Law and Regulating ‘Illegal Work’

10 February 2016

Europe’s Refugee Crisis: A Perfect Storm

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20 October 2026

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

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

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11 September 2026

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

by: Rachid Benharrousse

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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

5)

23 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

Border Criminologies Blog

A Steel Fence for Europe’s External Borders

Outsourcing European Border Control: Recent Trends in Departures, Deaths and Search and Rescue Activities in the Central Mediterranean

Last Night in Sweden

Where Are We Going? Italy (And Europe) at the Crossroads between Xenophobia and Hospitality

Migrant Digitalities and the Politics of Dispersal: An Introduction

Challenges and Expectations of Safeguarding and Anti-Trafficking Initiatives at the UK Border

Economic Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Ten Fingers: Some Reflections on Eurodac and Border Control

Border Crimes: The Case of Lesvos

Containment Through Mobility at the Internal Frontiers of Europe

Book Review: Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest

Book Review: Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move

Organising in an Era of Populism: On the Importance of Optimism

The Value of Borders

Bonfire of the ‘Illegalities’? China’s New Immigration Law and Regulating ‘Illegal Work’

Europe’s Refugee Crisis: A Perfect Storm

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)

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

4)

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

5)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

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Border Criminologies Blog

A Steel Fence for Europe’s External Borders

Outsourcing European Border Control: Recent Trends in Departures, Deaths and Search and Rescue Activities in the Central Mediterranean

Last Night in Sweden

Where Are We Going? Italy (And Europe) at the Crossroads between Xenophobia and Hospitality

Migrant Digitalities and the Politics of Dispersal: An Introduction

Challenges and Expectations of Safeguarding and Anti-Trafficking Initiatives at the UK Border

Economic Migrants and Asylum Seekers in Ten Fingers: Some Reflections on Eurodac and Border Control

Border Crimes: The Case of Lesvos

Containment Through Mobility at the Internal Frontiers of Europe

Book Review: Latino Heartland: Of Borders and Belonging in the Midwest

Book Review: Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move

Organising in an Era of Populism: On the Importance of Optimism

The Value of Borders

Bonfire of the ‘Illegalities’? China’s New Immigration Law and Regulating ‘Illegal Work’

Europe’s Refugee Crisis: A Perfect Storm

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)

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

4)

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

5)

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: ‘Alternatives to detention’ and the expanded toolbox for control, surveillance and coercion

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