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28 September 2022

Undoing the Migration Digital Black Box

by: Martina Tazzioli, Lucrezia Canzutti

21 January 2022

“Black Holes”: Detention Without Charge and Violations of Human Rights in Italian Detention Centres

21 January 2022

The Black Book of Immigration Detention in Italy

30 November 2021

The Case of Khlaifia 2011-2021: 10 years of human rights violations in Italian hotspots

1 September 2021

Re-Bordering Policies and De-Bordering Practices in Pandemic Times: Offshore Isolation As De Facto Detention

1 July 2021

Something Better to Come

16 June 2021

Disrupted Protection: Lived Experiences of Sub-Saharan Refugees with Temporary Protection in Italy

14 June 2021

Moussa Balde: A Chronicle of a Death Foretold

11 June 2021

The Arab Spring’s Fall in Italy’s Detention Centers

10 June 2021

Milano, Il Nuovo CPR “A Porte Girevoli” … E Lo Struzzo

9 June 2021

Le “Navi Quarantena”: Una Misura Temporanea O Un Nuovo Approccio Oltre L’emergenza?

8 June 2021

Dopo Lo Sbarco: La Filiera Del Trattenimento Dentro E Oltre La Pandemia

7 June 2021

Detention And Migrant Confinement in Italy at Times of Covid-19

16 April 2021

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence

16 February 2021

Towards a Border Zemiology: Notes from the Field

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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)

6 October 2026

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

by: Diana Volpe

4)

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

Undoing the Migration Digital Black Box

“Black Holes”: Detention Without Charge and Violations of Human Rights in Italian Detention Centres

The Black Book of Immigration Detention in Italy

The Case of Khlaifia 2011-2021: 10 years of human rights violations in Italian hotspots

Re-Bordering Policies and De-Bordering Practices in Pandemic Times: Offshore Isolation As De Facto Detention

Something Better to Come

Disrupted Protection: Lived Experiences of Sub-Saharan Refugees with Temporary Protection in Italy

Moussa Balde: A Chronicle of a Death Foretold

The Arab Spring’s Fall in Italy’s Detention Centers

Milano, Il Nuovo CPR “A Porte Girevoli” … E Lo Struzzo

Le “Navi Quarantena”: Una Misura Temporanea O Un Nuovo Approccio Oltre L’emergenza?

Dopo Lo Sbarco: La Filiera Del Trattenimento Dentro E Oltre La Pandemia

Detention And Migrant Confinement in Italy at Times of Covid-19

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence

Towards a Border Zemiology: Notes from the Field

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

With the support of

Border Criminologies Blog

Undoing the Migration Digital Black Box

“Black Holes”: Detention Without Charge and Violations of Human Rights in Italian Detention Centres

The Black Book of Immigration Detention in Italy

The Case of Khlaifia 2011-2021: 10 years of human rights violations in Italian hotspots

Re-Bordering Policies and De-Bordering Practices in Pandemic Times: Offshore Isolation As De Facto Detention

Something Better to Come

Disrupted Protection: Lived Experiences of Sub-Saharan Refugees with Temporary Protection in Italy

Moussa Balde: A Chronicle of a Death Foretold

The Arab Spring’s Fall in Italy’s Detention Centers

Milano, Il Nuovo CPR “A Porte Girevoli” … E Lo Struzzo

Le “Navi Quarantena”: Una Misura Temporanea O Un Nuovo Approccio Oltre L’emergenza?

Dopo Lo Sbarco: La Filiera Del Trattenimento Dentro E Oltre La Pandemia

Detention And Migrant Confinement in Italy at Times of Covid-19

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence

Towards a Border Zemiology: Notes from the Field

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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