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6 July 2018

Narrowing Asylum Grounds, Family Separations and Supreme Indifference at the U.S. Border

18 June 2018

Monitoring Immigration Detention at the Borders of Europe

14 May 2018

Encounters of US State Violence at the Border: Separation, Confinement, and Punishment of Central American Asylum-Seeking Nuclear Families

13 April 2018

Moria Refugee Camp: Restriction of Movement and Living Conditions

12 April 2018

Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality

11 April 2018

The Taranto Hotspot: Unveiling the Developments of EU Migration Management Policies

10 April 2018

Detention and Selection: An Overview of the Italian Hotspot System

6 April 2018

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part III)

5 April 2018

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part II)

4 April 2018

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part I)

19 January 2018

From British Playgrounds to Immigration Removal Centres

18 January 2018

Not Enough Attention to the Needs of Young People in UK Immigration Detention

16 January 2018

The Truth about Immigration Detention and Young Arrivers Like Me

15 January 2018

Young Arrivers’ Routes to Immigration Detention and Specific Forms of Harm

8 January 2018

(Re)entering the World of Immigration Detention in Britain

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

Narrowing Asylum Grounds, Family Separations and Supreme Indifference at the U.S. Border

Monitoring Immigration Detention at the Borders of Europe

Encounters of US State Violence at the Border: Separation, Confinement, and Punishment of Central American Asylum-Seeking Nuclear Families

Moria Refugee Camp: Restriction of Movement and Living Conditions

Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality

The Taranto Hotspot: Unveiling the Developments of EU Migration Management Policies

Detention and Selection: An Overview of the Italian Hotspot System

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part III)

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part II)

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part I)

From British Playgrounds to Immigration Removal Centres

Not Enough Attention to the Needs of Young People in UK Immigration Detention

The Truth about Immigration Detention and Young Arrivers Like Me

Young Arrivers’ Routes to Immigration Detention and Specific Forms of Harm

(Re)entering the World of Immigration Detention in Britain

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

Narrowing Asylum Grounds, Family Separations and Supreme Indifference at the U.S. Border

Monitoring Immigration Detention at the Borders of Europe

Encounters of US State Violence at the Border: Separation, Confinement, and Punishment of Central American Asylum-Seeking Nuclear Families

Moria Refugee Camp: Restriction of Movement and Living Conditions

Asylum Seekers in Samos: An Unreasonable Reality

The Taranto Hotspot: Unveiling the Developments of EU Migration Management Policies

Detention and Selection: An Overview of the Italian Hotspot System

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part III)

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part II)

The EU Hotspot Approach: Blurred Lines between Restriction on and Deprivation of Liberty (Part I)

From British Playgrounds to Immigration Removal Centres

Not Enough Attention to the Needs of Young People in UK Immigration Detention

The Truth about Immigration Detention and Young Arrivers Like Me

Young Arrivers’ Routes to Immigration Detention and Specific Forms of Harm

(Re)entering the World of Immigration Detention in Britain

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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