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30 January 2017

The Children of the Calais Jungle, One Year On from R (ZAT) V SSHD

24 January 2017

Organising in an Era of Populism: On the Importance of Optimism

28 October 2016

Staff, Race, and Power in Detention

19 October 2016

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

18 July 2016

British Border Control on the French North Coast

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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

The Children of the Calais Jungle, One Year On from R (ZAT) V SSHD

Organising in an Era of Populism: On the Importance of Optimism

Staff, Race, and Power in Detention

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

British Border Control on the French North Coast

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

The Children of the Calais Jungle, One Year On from R (ZAT) V SSHD

Organising in an Era of Populism: On the Importance of Optimism

Staff, Race, and Power in Detention

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

British Border Control on the French North Coast

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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