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16 January 2023

After Deportation, a ‘Second, New Zealand, Punishment’: The New Zealand High Court’s Decision on the Returning Offenders Act

by: Claudia McHardy

1 November 2022

‘The Silent Sentence’: The Impacts of Character-Based Deportation on New Zealander Deportees from Australia and Family Members

by: Rebecca Powell

29 November 2021

The Membership Lottery: New Zealand’s COVID-19 Quarantine and the Convergence of Border and Infectious Disease Control

8 February 2021

New Zealand’s Returning Offenders Act

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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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10 November 2026

Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

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

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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

Border Criminologies Blog

After Deportation, a ‘Second, New Zealand, Punishment’: The New Zealand High Court’s Decision on the Returning Offenders Act

‘The Silent Sentence’: The Impacts of Character-Based Deportation on New Zealander Deportees from Australia and Family Members

The Membership Lottery: New Zealand’s COVID-19 Quarantine and the Convergence of Border and Infectious Disease Control

New Zealand’s Returning Offenders Act

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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Border Criminologies Blog

After Deportation, a ‘Second, New Zealand, Punishment’: The New Zealand High Court’s Decision on the Returning Offenders Act

‘The Silent Sentence’: The Impacts of Character-Based Deportation on New Zealander Deportees from Australia and Family Members

The Membership Lottery: New Zealand’s COVID-19 Quarantine and the Convergence of Border and Infectious Disease Control

New Zealand’s Returning Offenders Act

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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