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9 December 2021

Don’t Pass Go: Brexit, Covid-19 and the Rising Numbers of Romanians Stopped at the UK’s Borders

20 May 2021

The Borders of Naturalisation

10 February 2021

Live and Let Die: The Hostile Environment’s Colonial Logic

3 February 2021

The Tragic Paradox: Modern Day Slavery of International Migrants

17 June 2020

Bordering as Political Strategy

5 June 2020

How a City in Crisis Reinforces and Reverses Social Dynamics: Field Notes from a ‘Corona’ Day Shelter for Undocumented Youth in Amsterdam

1 October 2019

‘3 Mexican Countries’: When All Latin American Migrants Become Mexicans

18 December 2018

Resisting Invisibility: Mothers of Missing Migrants

15 November 2018

Towards a Genealogy of Europe’s Migrant Spaces: A Map-Archive of Border Zones

6 November 2018

Redrawing the Central American Migrant Caravan: How Other (African) Trajectories Cross Its Path

26 October 2018

Book Review: Contraband Corridor: Making a Living at the Mexico-Guatemala Border

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

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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

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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

Don’t Pass Go: Brexit, Covid-19 and the Rising Numbers of Romanians Stopped at the UK’s Borders

The Borders of Naturalisation

Live and Let Die: The Hostile Environment’s Colonial Logic

The Tragic Paradox: Modern Day Slavery of International Migrants

Bordering as Political Strategy

How a City in Crisis Reinforces and Reverses Social Dynamics: Field Notes from a ‘Corona’ Day Shelter for Undocumented Youth in Amsterdam

‘3 Mexican Countries’: When All Latin American Migrants Become Mexicans

Resisting Invisibility: Mothers of Missing Migrants

Towards a Genealogy of Europe’s Migrant Spaces: A Map-Archive of Border Zones

Redrawing the Central American Migrant Caravan: How Other (African) Trajectories Cross Its Path

Book Review: Contraband Corridor: Making a Living at the Mexico-Guatemala Border

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

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

Don’t Pass Go: Brexit, Covid-19 and the Rising Numbers of Romanians Stopped at the UK’s Borders

The Borders of Naturalisation

Live and Let Die: The Hostile Environment’s Colonial Logic

The Tragic Paradox: Modern Day Slavery of International Migrants

Bordering as Political Strategy

How a City in Crisis Reinforces and Reverses Social Dynamics: Field Notes from a ‘Corona’ Day Shelter for Undocumented Youth in Amsterdam

‘3 Mexican Countries’: When All Latin American Migrants Become Mexicans

Resisting Invisibility: Mothers of Missing Migrants

Towards a Genealogy of Europe’s Migrant Spaces: A Map-Archive of Border Zones

Redrawing the Central American Migrant Caravan: How Other (African) Trajectories Cross Its Path

Book Review: Contraband Corridor: Making a Living at the Mexico-Guatemala Border

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

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

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