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13 July 2018

Book Review: Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine

29 May 2018

Dispersing their Lives: Refugees Kept On the Move between Italy and Germany

13 April 2018

Moria Refugee Camp: Restriction of Movement and Living Conditions

12 April 2018

Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality

11 April 2018

The Taranto Hotspot: Unveiling the Developments of EU Migration Management Policies

10 April 2018

Detention and Selection: An Overview of the Italian Hotspot System

6 April 2018

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part III)

5 April 2018

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part II)

1 March 2018

Guilt through Punishment: Border Spectacles, State Violence and Public Attitudes towards Refugees and Displaced People

5 February 2018

Europe’s Waiting Room for Refugees: Negotiating Borders and Performing Resilience in Serbia

10 October 2017

What Can Hannah Arendt Teach Us About Today’s Refugee Crisis?

3 October 2017

Dangerous Borderlands: Human Rights for Displaced People on the French-Italian Border

24 July 2017

Book Review: Voting Rights of Refugees

11 May 2017

An Insignificant Change: The Review and Potential Withdrawal of Tamil Refugee Status in the UK

5 May 2017

A Visual Analysis of the ‘Crises’: Deconstructing the Visual Portrayal of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in German Newspapers

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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

Book Review: Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine

Dispersing their Lives: Refugees Kept On the Move between Italy and Germany

Moria Refugee Camp: Restriction of Movement and Living Conditions

Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality

The Taranto Hotspot: Unveiling the Developments of EU Migration Management Policies

Detention and Selection: An Overview of the Italian Hotspot System

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part III)

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part II)

Guilt through Punishment: Border Spectacles, State Violence and Public Attitudes towards Refugees and Displaced People

Europe’s Waiting Room for Refugees: Negotiating Borders and Performing Resilience in Serbia

What Can Hannah Arendt Teach Us About Today’s Refugee Crisis?

Dangerous Borderlands: Human Rights for Displaced People on the French-Italian Border

Book Review: Voting Rights of Refugees

An Insignificant Change: The Review and Potential Withdrawal of Tamil Refugee Status in the UK

A Visual Analysis of the ‘Crises’: Deconstructing the Visual Portrayal of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in German Newspapers

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

Book Review: Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine

Dispersing their Lives: Refugees Kept On the Move between Italy and Germany

Moria Refugee Camp: Restriction of Movement and Living Conditions

Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality

The Taranto Hotspot: Unveiling the Developments of EU Migration Management Policies

Detention and Selection: An Overview of the Italian Hotspot System

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part III)

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part II)

Guilt through Punishment: Border Spectacles, State Violence and Public Attitudes towards Refugees and Displaced People

Europe’s Waiting Room for Refugees: Negotiating Borders and Performing Resilience in Serbia

What Can Hannah Arendt Teach Us About Today’s Refugee Crisis?

Dangerous Borderlands: Human Rights for Displaced People on the French-Italian Border

Book Review: Voting Rights of Refugees

An Insignificant Change: The Review and Potential Withdrawal of Tamil Refugee Status in the UK

A Visual Analysis of the ‘Crises’: Deconstructing the Visual Portrayal of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in German Newspapers

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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