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11 April 2023

Political Motivations for Volunteering for Refugees: Mainly Absent at the Start, Mostly Present Thereafter

by: Maikel Meijeren

4 April 2023

They Told Me to Leave the Flat. They Didn't Tell Me Why

by: Suzanne Fossan, Andrea Noseda

28 September 2022

Undoing the Migration Digital Black Box

by: Martina Tazzioli, Lucrezia Canzutti

8 April 2022

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

7 April 2022

New Research on Criminal Defense of Immigrants in the United States

31 March 2022

Different Responses to Mobility at Europe’s Borders

11 March 2022

Movements, Mobilities and the Politics of Exhaustion in Europe During Covid-19

7 March 2022

Mental Health and the Politics of Exhaustion in the UK Asylum Process

25 February 2022

Everyday Violence in Informal Camps: Distributing Materials Using the Queue

6 December 2021

The Elgar Handbook on Migration and Global Justice

9 November 2021

Migration Insecurity in the Táchira (Venezuela) -Norte De Santander (Colombia) Border

22 July 2021

On its 70th Anniversary, the Refugee Convention Faces Unprecedented Threats Across Europe

13 July 2021

The Paradox of Malaysia’s ‘Humanitarian Grounds’

2 July 2021

Book Review: Policing Humanitarianism: EU Policies Against Human Smuggling and Their Impact on Civil Society

1 July 2021

Something Better to Come

1)

20 October 2026

EU ‘Deportation Regulation’: a massive expansion of immigration detention

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

2)

11 September 2026

Lharba at the border: Escape, rumours, and the making of the 2026 Ceuta crossings

by: Rachid Benharrousse

3)

6 October 2026

Out of sight, out of mind? How a colonial past shapes the Italy-Libya migration partnership

by: Diana Volpe

4)

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

5)

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

Political Motivations for Volunteering for Refugees: Mainly Absent at the Start, Mostly Present Thereafter

They Told Me to Leave the Flat. They Didn't Tell Me Why

Undoing the Migration Digital Black Box

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

New Research on Criminal Defense of Immigrants in the United States

Different Responses to Mobility at Europe’s Borders

Movements, Mobilities and the Politics of Exhaustion in Europe During Covid-19

Mental Health and the Politics of Exhaustion in the UK Asylum Process

Everyday Violence in Informal Camps: Distributing Materials Using the Queue

The Elgar Handbook on Migration and Global Justice

Migration Insecurity in the Táchira (Venezuela) -Norte De Santander (Colombia) Border

On its 70th Anniversary, the Refugee Convention Faces Unprecedented Threats Across Europe

The Paradox of Malaysia’s ‘Humanitarian Grounds’

Book Review: Policing Humanitarianism: EU Policies Against Human Smuggling and Their Impact on Civil Society

Something Better to Come

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

Political Motivations for Volunteering for Refugees: Mainly Absent at the Start, Mostly Present Thereafter

They Told Me to Leave the Flat. They Didn't Tell Me Why

Undoing the Migration Digital Black Box

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

New Research on Criminal Defense of Immigrants in the United States

Different Responses to Mobility at Europe’s Borders

Movements, Mobilities and the Politics of Exhaustion in Europe During Covid-19

Mental Health and the Politics of Exhaustion in the UK Asylum Process

Everyday Violence in Informal Camps: Distributing Materials Using the Queue

The Elgar Handbook on Migration and Global Justice

Migration Insecurity in the Táchira (Venezuela) -Norte De Santander (Colombia) Border

On its 70th Anniversary, the Refugee Convention Faces Unprecedented Threats Across Europe

The Paradox of Malaysia’s ‘Humanitarian Grounds’

Book Review: Policing Humanitarianism: EU Policies Against Human Smuggling and Their Impact on Civil Society

Something Better to Come

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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