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4 February 2016

Finding Professional Satisfaction in Low Status Police Work

2 February 2016

Divided Loyalties: Frontex and Police Culture at EU’s External Borders

1 February 2016

Tales of Legitimate Immigration Detention

11 January 2016

Policing Migration in an Era of Mass Mobility

22 May 2015

The Use of Informants in Immigration Policing

21 May 2015

Denying Migrants the 'Right to Rent': Enlisting Landlords in Immigration Surveillance

20 May 2015

The Boundaries of Belonging and the Immigration Policy Patchwork

19 May 2015

Not Making it in the Netherlands: Excluding Irregular Immigrants to the Max

20 April 2015

The Humanitarian Policing of ‘Our Sea’

14 April 2015

‘Race’ to Borders or Why Brown Death Matters

13 April 2015

The Racism and Immorality of the Operation Gatekeeper Death Trap

9 April 2015

Interior Enforcement and the Racial Construction of the Border

18 March 2015

Book Review: Traces of Terror: Counter-Terrorism Law, Policing, and Race

13 February 2015

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

28 November 2014

Trajectories of Immigration Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System: The Costs and Benefits of Inequality

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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

3)

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

Finding Professional Satisfaction in Low Status Police Work

Divided Loyalties: Frontex and Police Culture at EU’s External Borders

Tales of Legitimate Immigration Detention

Policing Migration in an Era of Mass Mobility

The Use of Informants in Immigration Policing

Denying Migrants the 'Right to Rent': Enlisting Landlords in Immigration Surveillance

The Boundaries of Belonging and the Immigration Policy Patchwork

Not Making it in the Netherlands: Excluding Irregular Immigrants to the Max

The Humanitarian Policing of ‘Our Sea’

‘Race’ to Borders or Why Brown Death Matters

The Racism and Immorality of the Operation Gatekeeper Death Trap

Interior Enforcement and the Racial Construction of the Border

Book Review: Traces of Terror: Counter-Terrorism Law, Policing, and Race

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

Trajectories of Immigration Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System: The Costs and Benefits of Inequality

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

Finding Professional Satisfaction in Low Status Police Work

Divided Loyalties: Frontex and Police Culture at EU’s External Borders

Tales of Legitimate Immigration Detention

Policing Migration in an Era of Mass Mobility

The Use of Informants in Immigration Policing

Denying Migrants the 'Right to Rent': Enlisting Landlords in Immigration Surveillance

The Boundaries of Belonging and the Immigration Policy Patchwork

Not Making it in the Netherlands: Excluding Irregular Immigrants to the Max

The Humanitarian Policing of ‘Our Sea’

‘Race’ to Borders or Why Brown Death Matters

The Racism and Immorality of the Operation Gatekeeper Death Trap

Interior Enforcement and the Racial Construction of the Border

Book Review: Traces of Terror: Counter-Terrorism Law, Policing, and Race

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

Trajectories of Immigration Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System: The Costs and Benefits of Inequality

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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