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9 April 2015

Interior Enforcement and the Racial Construction of the Border

7 April 2015

US Immigration Laws and the Making of Model Minorities and Illegal Aliens

30 March 2015

UK and US Courts Place Limits on the Detention of Asylum Seekers

20 March 2015

Migrant Women’s Health in Spain: A Snapshot of the Consequences of the Royal Decree-Law of Sanitary Regulation 16/2012

2 March 2015

The New Face of Italian Immigration Detention: A Retreat from the Criminalisation of Migrants

23 February 2015

Administrative Detention of Migrants in the District Court of Helsinki

11 February 2015

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

4 February 2015

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

26 January 2015

Obama’s Immigration Announcement and its Aftermath

19 January 2015

Using Criminal Charges to Punish Administrative Immigration Offences in Spain

12 September 2014

Call for Applications: LAPA Fellows Program

16 July 2014

Research Notes: The EU's Response to Irregular Migration and the Problem of Criminalisation

11 July 2014

R (Detention Action) v SSHD: A (Partial) Victory Against Detained Fast Track

8 July 2014

Canadian Court Rules that Denying Asylum Seekers’ Access to Public Health Care is “Cruel and Unusual Treatment” and Discriminatory

16 June 2014

Temporary Foreign Workers – Why Now?

1)

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

Interior Enforcement and the Racial Construction of the Border

US Immigration Laws and the Making of Model Minorities and Illegal Aliens

UK and US Courts Place Limits on the Detention of Asylum Seekers

Migrant Women’s Health in Spain: A Snapshot of the Consequences of the Royal Decree-Law of Sanitary Regulation 16/2012

The New Face of Italian Immigration Detention: A Retreat from the Criminalisation of Migrants

Administrative Detention of Migrants in the District Court of Helsinki

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

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

Obama’s Immigration Announcement and its Aftermath

Using Criminal Charges to Punish Administrative Immigration Offences in Spain

Call for Applications: LAPA Fellows Program

Research Notes: The EU's Response to Irregular Migration and the Problem of Criminalisation

R (Detention Action) v SSHD: A (Partial) Victory Against Detained Fast Track

Canadian Court Rules that Denying Asylum Seekers’ Access to Public Health Care is “Cruel and Unusual Treatment” and Discriminatory

Temporary Foreign Workers – Why Now?

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

Interior Enforcement and the Racial Construction of the Border

US Immigration Laws and the Making of Model Minorities and Illegal Aliens

UK and US Courts Place Limits on the Detention of Asylum Seekers

Migrant Women’s Health in Spain: A Snapshot of the Consequences of the Royal Decree-Law of Sanitary Regulation 16/2012

The New Face of Italian Immigration Detention: A Retreat from the Criminalisation of Migrants

Administrative Detention of Migrants in the District Court of Helsinki

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

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

Obama’s Immigration Announcement and its Aftermath

Using Criminal Charges to Punish Administrative Immigration Offences in Spain

Call for Applications: LAPA Fellows Program

Research Notes: The EU's Response to Irregular Migration and the Problem of Criminalisation

R (Detention Action) v SSHD: A (Partial) Victory Against Detained Fast Track

Canadian Court Rules that Denying Asylum Seekers’ Access to Public Health Care is “Cruel and Unusual Treatment” and Discriminatory

Temporary Foreign Workers – Why Now?

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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