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Train tracks through a countryside along the Balkan route. Green shrubs border the tracks

30 October 2026

A different Odyssey: Refuge, home and the search for self

by: Kinan Noah

A person's arm above a crowd of people, waving a rainbow LGBTQ+ Pride flag in a city street

16 February 2026

On the limits and harms of LGBTQ+ asylum models: new book Queering UK Refugee Law

by: Alex Powell

White cliffs of Dover with the sea in the foreground, and blue sky above the cliffs

5 January 2026

Criminalised for checking the weather: New offences come into force for people crossing the Channel

by: Vicky Taylor

17 May 2024

The Love that Must Speak Its Name: Inadmissibility, Credibility and LGBTIQA+ Asylum in 2024

by: Alex Powell

14 March 2023

Asylum? Maybe, But Outside The EU. The Externalization of the Responsibility to Protect

by: Ivana Belén Ruiz-Estramil

21 June 2022

Book Review: The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexican Border and Beyond

by: Özlem Atar

8 April 2022

Book Review: The Coloniality of Asylum: Mobility, Autonomy and Solidarity in the Wake of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

18 March 2021

Migrant Protection Protocols Along U.S.-Mexico Border Come to an End, but the Assault on Asylum Continues

16 March 2021

The Deteriorating Conditions for Asylum Seekers at Mexico’s Southern Border

25 January 2021

The Slow Violence of Deportability

30 September 2020

New Pact on Migration: An Exacerbation of Past Failures in Shiny New Packaging

6 December 2019

The Immigration Assessment Authority and the Erosion of Fairness in Australia’s Refugee Framework

1 October 2019

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

10 December 2018

Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the US-Mexico Border

18 July 2018

Migration, Human Rights and Fortress Europe: How Far Will European Leaders Go to Protect the EU’s Borders?

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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 different Odyssey: Refuge, home and the search for self

On the limits and harms of LGBTQ+ asylum models: new book Queering UK Refugee Law

Criminalised for checking the weather: New offences come into force for people crossing the Channel

The Love that Must Speak Its Name: Inadmissibility, Credibility and LGBTIQA+ Asylum in 2024

Asylum? Maybe, But Outside The EU. The Externalization of the Responsibility to Protect

Book Review: The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexican Border and Beyond

Book Review: The Coloniality of Asylum: Mobility, Autonomy and Solidarity in the Wake of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Migrant Protection Protocols Along U.S.-Mexico Border Come to an End, but the Assault on Asylum Continues

The Deteriorating Conditions for Asylum Seekers at Mexico’s Southern Border

The Slow Violence of Deportability

New Pact on Migration: An Exacerbation of Past Failures in Shiny New Packaging

The Immigration Assessment Authority and the Erosion of Fairness in Australia’s Refugee Framework

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

Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the US-Mexico Border

Migration, Human Rights and Fortress Europe: How Far Will European Leaders Go to Protect the EU’s Borders?

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

A different Odyssey: Refuge, home and the search for self

On the limits and harms of LGBTQ+ asylum models: new book Queering UK Refugee Law

Criminalised for checking the weather: New offences come into force for people crossing the Channel

The Love that Must Speak Its Name: Inadmissibility, Credibility and LGBTIQA+ Asylum in 2024

Asylum? Maybe, But Outside The EU. The Externalization of the Responsibility to Protect

Book Review: The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexican Border and Beyond

Book Review: The Coloniality of Asylum: Mobility, Autonomy and Solidarity in the Wake of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Migrant Protection Protocols Along U.S.-Mexico Border Come to an End, but the Assault on Asylum Continues

The Deteriorating Conditions for Asylum Seekers at Mexico’s Southern Border

The Slow Violence of Deportability

New Pact on Migration: An Exacerbation of Past Failures in Shiny New Packaging

The Immigration Assessment Authority and the Erosion of Fairness in Australia’s Refugee Framework

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

Asylum Processing and Waitlists at the US-Mexico Border

Migration, Human Rights and Fortress Europe: How Far Will European Leaders Go to Protect the EU’s Borders?

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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