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1 November 2019

Still in the Field...

4 February 2019

The Ethics of Academic Publishing and International Migration’s ‘Policy Interview’ with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs

25 July 2018

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

13 June 2018

Transnational Borders and Boundaries: Changing Geographies of Exclusion and Inclusion through Border Regimes

21 February 2018

Academic Work: What Is It Worth And What It Is For?

1 November 2017

‘From the Field’: Thoughts on BBC Panorama and Brook House IRC

8 September 2017

Ending the Zero-Sum Game Through Public Engagement

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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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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

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

Still in the Field...

The Ethics of Academic Publishing and International Migration’s ‘Policy Interview’ with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Transnational Borders and Boundaries: Changing Geographies of Exclusion and Inclusion through Border Regimes

Academic Work: What Is It Worth And What It Is For?

‘From the Field’: Thoughts on BBC Panorama and Brook House IRC

Ending the Zero-Sum Game Through Public Engagement

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

Still in the Field...

The Ethics of Academic Publishing and International Migration’s ‘Policy Interview’ with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Transnational Borders and Boundaries: Changing Geographies of Exclusion and Inclusion through Border Regimes

Academic Work: What Is It Worth And What It Is For?

‘From the Field’: Thoughts on BBC Panorama and Brook House IRC

Ending the Zero-Sum Game Through Public Engagement

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

With the support of

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