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Two small white fishing boats full of people are at sea. A rhib/ dinghy boat with people in rescue gear and life jackets is positioned close to one of the white boats. Another, smaller grey boat is positioned nearby. A close up shot in frame gives a pixellated image of the men on the grey boat – one appears to be holding a weapon

Violence in the Central Mediterranean: EU-backed impunity and lawlessness

by: Sofia Bifulco , Marie Michel

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People stand on a small boat in a harbour, many of them taking pictures. Some wear keffiyehs and a Palestinian flag and Tunisian flag are flown on the mast. People paddle past on paddle boards

International law reborn from the sea: From the Flotilla to border resistance in the Mediterranean

by: Enrica Rigo, Tatiana Montella

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The New Old Italian Approach to Migration: Criminalisation of Everything

by: Diana Volpe

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‘Liquid Rights’: Negotiating Migration Frontiers in the Central Mediterranean

by: Antonella Patteri

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Using Vulnerability-Centred Health Assessment as a Tool for the Differential (De)Valuing of Human Life: The Case of Italian ‘Illegal Decrees’ for Selective Sea Rescues

by: Chiara Denaro, Francesca Esposito

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The Ban-Opticon of Migration: Technologies at Maritime Borders and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

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Europe’s Border Crimes: Bridging the Impunity Gap for the Enforced Disappearance of Migrants in the Mediterranean Graveyard

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Death at Sea: Dismantling the Spanish Search and Rescue System

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Haunted Memory, Haunted Waters

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Battles Over Migrant Rescue Take to the Skies with Civilian Counter-Surveillance

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Top blogs posts this month

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

by: Galatea Scotti, Chiara Catelli

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

by: Rachid Benharrousse

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Building an archive of deaths in Greek immigration detention centres

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

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

by: Diana Volpe

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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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