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1 June 2023

Forced Displacement and the Violence of Theory

by: Phil Cole

25 May 2023

Useful Refugees in Ottoman and Turkish Politics

by: Ella Fratantuono

24 May 2023

Imperial Agendas and Slave Trade Refugees

by: Laura-Rosanne Adderley, Sharla M. Fett

13 April 2023

Give Refugees Access to the Agreements that Govern Them

by: Maja Janmyr, M Sanjeeb Hossain, Lewis Turner

20 December 2022

Diplomatic Ties, Financial Incentives and a Narrowing of International Legal Obligations: A Reading of the UK High Court’s Decision on the ‘Rwanda Policy’

by: Nicola Palmer

9 December 2022

Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law

by: Robert F. Barsky

2 November 2022

Unpacking the Boxes: Legibility and LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers

by: Brandy Cochrane, Lotte Wolff

20 September 2022

The State of Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Alameda County

by: Peter Mancina

24 March 2022

Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: The Festival of Help and the Government’s Reluctance to Act

8 March 2022

Intensifying Everyday Cruelties in the UK Asylum System: An Analysis Based on Sudanese People’s Experience

23 February 2022

Sudanese Migrants Countering ‘Everyday Violence’ In Brussels: Together We Are Even More Resilient

15 July 2021

Zos As Jews: A Narrative of Discent and Chin Refugees on the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands

15 July 2021

Protecting the ‘Illegal Migrant’: Some Critical Perspectives from India

8 March 2021

What I would build

2 October 2020

Interview with Karam Yahya

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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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10 November 2026

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

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

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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

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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

Forced Displacement and the Violence of Theory

Useful Refugees in Ottoman and Turkish Politics

Imperial Agendas and Slave Trade Refugees

Give Refugees Access to the Agreements that Govern Them

Diplomatic Ties, Financial Incentives and a Narrowing of International Legal Obligations: A Reading of the UK High Court’s Decision on the ‘Rwanda Policy’

Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law

Unpacking the Boxes: Legibility and LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers

The State of Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Alameda County

Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: The Festival of Help and the Government’s Reluctance to Act

Intensifying Everyday Cruelties in the UK Asylum System: An Analysis Based on Sudanese People’s Experience

Sudanese Migrants Countering ‘Everyday Violence’ In Brussels: Together We Are Even More Resilient

Zos As Jews: A Narrative of Discent and Chin Refugees on the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands

Protecting the ‘Illegal Migrant’: Some Critical Perspectives from India

What I would build

Interview with Karam Yahya

Top blogs posts this month

1)

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

2)

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

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

Forced Displacement and the Violence of Theory

Useful Refugees in Ottoman and Turkish Politics

Imperial Agendas and Slave Trade Refugees

Give Refugees Access to the Agreements that Govern Them

Diplomatic Ties, Financial Incentives and a Narrowing of International Legal Obligations: A Reading of the UK High Court’s Decision on the ‘Rwanda Policy’

Book Review: The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law

Unpacking the Boxes: Legibility and LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers

The State of Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Alameda County

Ukrainian Refugees in Poland: The Festival of Help and the Government’s Reluctance to Act

Intensifying Everyday Cruelties in the UK Asylum System: An Analysis Based on Sudanese People’s Experience

Sudanese Migrants Countering ‘Everyday Violence’ In Brussels: Together We Are Even More Resilient

Zos As Jews: A Narrative of Discent and Chin Refugees on the Indo-Myanmar Borderlands

Protecting the ‘Illegal Migrant’: Some Critical Perspectives from India

What I would build

Interview with Karam Yahya

Top blogs posts this month

1)

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

2)

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

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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