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24 October 2019

From the Field: Observing Detention Centers and Migrant Escorting – Dealing with Empirical Ambiguity

18 September 2019

Three Years On, Unaccompanied Minors Still in Legal Limbo

3 September 2019

Britain’s Juxtaposed borders: The Human Consequences

2 July 2019

Solidarity Crimes

21 May 2019

28 Days: The Impact of the ‘Move On’ Period for Refugee Mental Health

19 February 2019

Coping with the UK Asylum Process

11 February 2019

Prosecuting Victims of Trafficking in the UK: The Difference between Law and Practice

28 January 2019

The Politics of Exhaustion and the British Sea Crossings Spectacle

20 December 2018

‘I’m Just No Good’: The Right to Remain Asylum Navigation Board as a Tool for Collective Rights

21 March 2018

The End of ‘Deport First, Appeal Later’: The Decision in Kiarie and Byndloss

19 January 2018

From British Playgrounds to Immigration Removal Centres

7 December 2017

Complying with what? Problematising the notion of non-compliance in the UK immigration detention

20 November 2017

Forcing People to Cooperate: The ‘Nationality’ Provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2017

1 November 2017

‘From the Field’: Thoughts on BBC Panorama and Brook House IRC

15 September 2017

From the Field: Locking and Unlocking Detention

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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

From the Field: Observing Detention Centers and Migrant Escorting – Dealing with Empirical Ambiguity

Three Years On, Unaccompanied Minors Still in Legal Limbo

Britain’s Juxtaposed borders: The Human Consequences

Solidarity Crimes

28 Days: The Impact of the ‘Move On’ Period for Refugee Mental Health

Coping with the UK Asylum Process

Prosecuting Victims of Trafficking in the UK: The Difference between Law and Practice

The Politics of Exhaustion and the British Sea Crossings Spectacle

‘I’m Just No Good’: The Right to Remain Asylum Navigation Board as a Tool for Collective Rights

The End of ‘Deport First, Appeal Later’: The Decision in Kiarie and Byndloss

From British Playgrounds to Immigration Removal Centres

Complying with what? Problematising the notion of non-compliance in the UK immigration detention

Forcing People to Cooperate: The ‘Nationality’ Provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2017

‘From the Field’: Thoughts on BBC Panorama and Brook House IRC

From the Field: Locking and Unlocking Detention

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

From the Field: Observing Detention Centers and Migrant Escorting – Dealing with Empirical Ambiguity

Three Years On, Unaccompanied Minors Still in Legal Limbo

Britain’s Juxtaposed borders: The Human Consequences

Solidarity Crimes

28 Days: The Impact of the ‘Move On’ Period for Refugee Mental Health

Coping with the UK Asylum Process

Prosecuting Victims of Trafficking in the UK: The Difference between Law and Practice

The Politics of Exhaustion and the British Sea Crossings Spectacle

‘I’m Just No Good’: The Right to Remain Asylum Navigation Board as a Tool for Collective Rights

The End of ‘Deport First, Appeal Later’: The Decision in Kiarie and Byndloss

From British Playgrounds to Immigration Removal Centres

Complying with what? Problematising the notion of non-compliance in the UK immigration detention

Forcing People to Cooperate: The ‘Nationality’ Provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2017

‘From the Field’: Thoughts on BBC Panorama and Brook House IRC

From the Field: Locking and Unlocking Detention

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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