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8 February 2017

A U.S. Immigration Clinic in the Age of Trump

25 January 2017

Where do we go from here? A Personal Chronicle of the US Election

7 December 2016

Deportation, Justice and Anxiety

30 November 2016

Uprooted Project: Raising Migrants’ Voices

28 November 2016

A "Crisis" of His Own Making: Trump and Immigration

4 November 2016

Policing the Boundaries of Belonging

3 November 2016

Culturalising Crime? Racialisation through Criminal Litigation

1 November 2016

Crimmigration Law Enforcement: The Intersection of Race and Gender in Border Policing

31 October 2016

Fleeing the Cycle of Gender-Based Violence in Central America: Female Asylum Seekers from Honduras

26 October 2016

Raced and Gendered Logics of Immigration Law Enforcement

24 October 2016

Race, Migration and Criminal Justice

7 October 2016

Book Review: Migration of Rich Immigrants: Gender, Ethnicity and Class

5 October 2016

Immigration Detention in Spain: Law Acting as a Gatekeeper Amidst Bureaucratic Justice

28 September 2016

Fact Check: Did the EU-Turkey Deal Bring Down the Number of Migrants and of Border Deaths?

28 September 2016

Fact Check: Did ‘Wir Schaffen Das’ Lead to Uncontrolled Mass Migration?

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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

A U.S. Immigration Clinic in the Age of Trump

Where do we go from here? A Personal Chronicle of the US Election

Deportation, Justice and Anxiety

Uprooted Project: Raising Migrants’ Voices

A "Crisis" of His Own Making: Trump and Immigration

Policing the Boundaries of Belonging

Culturalising Crime? Racialisation through Criminal Litigation

Crimmigration Law Enforcement: The Intersection of Race and Gender in Border Policing

Fleeing the Cycle of Gender-Based Violence in Central America: Female Asylum Seekers from Honduras

Raced and Gendered Logics of Immigration Law Enforcement

Race, Migration and Criminal Justice

Book Review: Migration of Rich Immigrants: Gender, Ethnicity and Class

Immigration Detention in Spain: Law Acting as a Gatekeeper Amidst Bureaucratic Justice

Fact Check: Did the EU-Turkey Deal Bring Down the Number of Migrants and of Border Deaths?

Fact Check: Did ‘Wir Schaffen Das’ Lead to Uncontrolled Mass Migration?

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

A U.S. Immigration Clinic in the Age of Trump

Where do we go from here? A Personal Chronicle of the US Election

Deportation, Justice and Anxiety

Uprooted Project: Raising Migrants’ Voices

A "Crisis" of His Own Making: Trump and Immigration

Policing the Boundaries of Belonging

Culturalising Crime? Racialisation through Criminal Litigation

Crimmigration Law Enforcement: The Intersection of Race and Gender in Border Policing

Fleeing the Cycle of Gender-Based Violence in Central America: Female Asylum Seekers from Honduras

Raced and Gendered Logics of Immigration Law Enforcement

Race, Migration and Criminal Justice

Book Review: Migration of Rich Immigrants: Gender, Ethnicity and Class

Immigration Detention in Spain: Law Acting as a Gatekeeper Amidst Bureaucratic Justice

Fact Check: Did the EU-Turkey Deal Bring Down the Number of Migrants and of Border Deaths?

Fact Check: Did ‘Wir Schaffen Das’ Lead to Uncontrolled Mass Migration?

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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