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30 June 2025

‘Nothing to see here’? Criminalisation, solidarity, and visibility at the Belgian-French border

by: Mathilde du Jardin, Ismail Oubad, Daniela Trucco

2 September 2024

Les enfants de la Clarée: why the Facilitators package is incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights

by: Stefano Zirulia

7 June 2024

Woman Life Freedom as in Free Maysoon and Marjan

by: Tatiana Montella, Paola Rivetti

16 June 2023

Imprisonment of Boat Drivers in Greece – examples from Lesvos

by: Captain Support Greece

12 June 2023

Criminalising the Facilitation of Freedom of Movement: Introduction

by: Camille Gendrot, Deanna Dadusc

1 June 2023

Forced Displacement and the Violence of Theory

by: Phil Cole

6 February 2023

Civil Society Organizations’ Challenges to the Global Migration Regime in the City of Iquique, Chile

by: Marielena Groos

16 April 2021

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence

9 October 2020

Challenging Border Violence in the Central Mediterranean Sea: An account from Alarm Phone

6 July 2020

Humanitarian Smugglers? The EU Facilitation Directive and the Criminalisation of Civil Society

2 July 2019

Solidarity Crimes

8 March 2018

International Women’s Day: As We March On

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)

10 November 2026

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

by: Andriani Fili, Stergios Magkriotis, Alice Troy-Donovan

4)

6 October 2026

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

by: Diana Volpe

5)

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

Border Criminologies Blog

‘Nothing to see here’? Criminalisation, solidarity, and visibility at the Belgian-French border

Les enfants de la Clarée: why the Facilitators package is incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Woman Life Freedom as in Free Maysoon and Marjan

Imprisonment of Boat Drivers in Greece – examples from Lesvos

Criminalising the Facilitation of Freedom of Movement: Introduction

Forced Displacement and the Violence of Theory

Civil Society Organizations’ Challenges to the Global Migration Regime in the City of Iquique, Chile

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence

Challenging Border Violence in the Central Mediterranean Sea: An account from Alarm Phone

Humanitarian Smugglers? The EU Facilitation Directive and the Criminalisation of Civil Society

Solidarity Crimes

International Women’s Day: As We March On

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)

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

4)

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

5)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

With the support of

Border Criminologies Blog

‘Nothing to see here’? Criminalisation, solidarity, and visibility at the Belgian-French border

Les enfants de la Clarée: why the Facilitators package is incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Woman Life Freedom as in Free Maysoon and Marjan

Imprisonment of Boat Drivers in Greece – examples from Lesvos

Criminalising the Facilitation of Freedom of Movement: Introduction

Forced Displacement and the Violence of Theory

Civil Society Organizations’ Challenges to the Global Migration Regime in the City of Iquique, Chile

Criminalising Solidarity: Silencing Critical Voices and Erasing the Critical Gaze on Border Violence

Challenging Border Violence in the Central Mediterranean Sea: An account from Alarm Phone

Humanitarian Smugglers? The EU Facilitation Directive and the Criminalisation of Civil Society

Solidarity Crimes

International Women’s Day: As We March On

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)

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

4)

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

5)

University entanglement with carceral border institutions: Medical Education, dual loyalty and complicity in Italy-Albania detention centres

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