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21 May 2014

The New Immigration Act 2014 and the Banality of Immigration Controls

19 May 2014

The UK Immigration Act 2014: Last Minute Amendments – Too Little, Too Late?

23 April 2014

Dancing in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s Treatment of Foreign Strippers

21 April 2014

‘Getting Tough’ through Reforming Migrant Access to the NHS

16 April 2014

The New British Immigration Bill: What’s In and What’s Out?

14 April 2014

Non-citizens and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

7 April 2014

Alternatives to Detention: The MADE REAL Project

24 March 2014

Ius migrandi: The Legal History of an Unrecognized Right

14 March 2014

Border Security and the Neoliberal 'Dungeon': A Canadian Case

7 March 2014

Knocking Down the Abstract US Border

28 February 2014

Wrongly Convicted Asylum Seekers: Whose Responsibility?

26 February 2014

A Place of Greater Safety: The Prosecution of Refugees for Passport Offences

12 February 2014

Stateless Terrorists: Citizenship in an Age of Risk

27 November 2013

Developing European Standards of Detention

18 November 2013

Exploiting a Tragedy: The Securitization of EU Borders in the Wake of Lampedusa

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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

The New Immigration Act 2014 and the Banality of Immigration Controls

The UK Immigration Act 2014: Last Minute Amendments – Too Little, Too Late?

Dancing in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s Treatment of Foreign Strippers

‘Getting Tough’ through Reforming Migrant Access to the NHS

The New British Immigration Bill: What’s In and What’s Out?

Non-citizens and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Alternatives to Detention: The MADE REAL Project

Ius migrandi: The Legal History of an Unrecognized Right

Border Security and the Neoliberal 'Dungeon': A Canadian Case

Knocking Down the Abstract US Border

Wrongly Convicted Asylum Seekers: Whose Responsibility?

A Place of Greater Safety: The Prosecution of Refugees for Passport Offences

Stateless Terrorists: Citizenship in an Age of Risk

Developing European Standards of Detention

Exploiting a Tragedy: The Securitization of EU Borders in the Wake of Lampedusa

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

The New Immigration Act 2014 and the Banality of Immigration Controls

The UK Immigration Act 2014: Last Minute Amendments – Too Little, Too Late?

Dancing in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s Treatment of Foreign Strippers

‘Getting Tough’ through Reforming Migrant Access to the NHS

The New British Immigration Bill: What’s In and What’s Out?

Non-citizens and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Alternatives to Detention: The MADE REAL Project

Ius migrandi: The Legal History of an Unrecognized Right

Border Security and the Neoliberal 'Dungeon': A Canadian Case

Knocking Down the Abstract US Border

Wrongly Convicted Asylum Seekers: Whose Responsibility?

A Place of Greater Safety: The Prosecution of Refugees for Passport Offences

Stateless Terrorists: Citizenship in an Age of Risk

Developing European Standards of Detention

Exploiting a Tragedy: The Securitization of EU Borders in the Wake of Lampedusa

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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