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15 March 2022

Death at Sea: Dismantling the Spanish Search and Rescue System

25 February 2021

Book Review: Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border

16 May 2019

‘Humanitarian Borderwork’: Tensions Between Humanitarianism and Securitization for NGOs Working with Asylum Seekers in Australia

4 April 2019

The Humanitarian Battlefield in the Mediterranean Sea: Moving Beyond Rescuing and Letting Die

19 October 2016

Shining a Spotlight on the 'Invisible': Why Detention Demands Creative Campaigning

17 July 2015

No Welcome for Migrants and Refugees Landing in Greek Dodecanese Islands

15 July 2015

Migrants Arriving in Athens: No Reception and No Place to Go

7 May 2015

The Volunteer’s Dilemma: Reflections on Volunteering in IRCs

13 February 2015

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

3 December 2014

Unaccompanied Minors in Greece: Passing on the Responsibility

23 June 2014

Visitors Groups: A Refugee Week Celebration

28 May 2014

Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR): Government Funding and the Refugee Sector

23 May 2014

Independent, Dependent, Interdependent: An Outsider’s Reflections on Prison Monitoring

7 April 2014

Alternatives to Detention: The MADE REAL Project

2 April 2014

What Does a Woman Need to Know Before her Asylum Interview?

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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

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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

Death at Sea: Dismantling the Spanish Search and Rescue System

Book Review: Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border

‘Humanitarian Borderwork’: Tensions Between Humanitarianism and Securitization for NGOs Working with Asylum Seekers in Australia

The Humanitarian Battlefield in the Mediterranean Sea: Moving Beyond Rescuing and Letting Die

Shining a Spotlight on the 'Invisible': Why Detention Demands Creative Campaigning

No Welcome for Migrants and Refugees Landing in Greek Dodecanese Islands

Migrants Arriving in Athens: No Reception and No Place to Go

The Volunteer’s Dilemma: Reflections on Volunteering in IRCs

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

Unaccompanied Minors in Greece: Passing on the Responsibility

Visitors Groups: A Refugee Week Celebration

Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR): Government Funding and the Refugee Sector

Independent, Dependent, Interdependent: An Outsider’s Reflections on Prison Monitoring

Alternatives to Detention: The MADE REAL Project

What Does a Woman Need to Know Before her Asylum Interview?

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

Death at Sea: Dismantling the Spanish Search and Rescue System

Book Review: Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border

‘Humanitarian Borderwork’: Tensions Between Humanitarianism and Securitization for NGOs Working with Asylum Seekers in Australia

The Humanitarian Battlefield in the Mediterranean Sea: Moving Beyond Rescuing and Letting Die

Shining a Spotlight on the 'Invisible': Why Detention Demands Creative Campaigning

No Welcome for Migrants and Refugees Landing in Greek Dodecanese Islands

Migrants Arriving in Athens: No Reception and No Place to Go

The Volunteer’s Dilemma: Reflections on Volunteering in IRCs

Widening Participation, Consolidating Research: Developments on the Blog

Unaccompanied Minors in Greece: Passing on the Responsibility

Visitors Groups: A Refugee Week Celebration

Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR): Government Funding and the Refugee Sector

Independent, Dependent, Interdependent: An Outsider’s Reflections on Prison Monitoring

Alternatives to Detention: The MADE REAL Project

What Does a Woman Need to Know Before her Asylum Interview?

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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