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12 September 2025

‘Approved Pending Revisions’ – Reflections on State Categories and Bordering Through Bureaucracy

by: Steph Hanlon

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11 September 2025

Unpacking transparency: researching migration and border governance through Freedom of Information Requests

by: Amalia Campos-Delgado

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers

10 September 2025

Empathizing with the Unsympathetic? A Methodological Reflection

by: Irene I. Vega

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9 September 2025

Navigating Suspicion: Access, Trust, and the Ethics of Studying Border Bureaucracies

by: Maartje van der Woude

Picture of a placard that says 'BORDERS KILL'

8 September 2025

Methodological Reflections on Studying Border Policing

by: Maartje van der Woude, Eva van Gemert

Opening speech in the plenary room of the SHADE MED, September 2019

8 September 2025

A Stake in the Hold: Reflections on Partnership during Fieldwork at Operation Sophia’s Stakeholder Meeting

by: Eva van Gemert

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18 July 2025

Emotional Borders: People on the move during Syria’s civil conflict

by: Suzan Ilcan

9 September 2024

Agents of Affect: The Emotional Interactions Between Immigrants and Immigration Agents

by: Jozef Robles

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3 November 2025

Afghan Refugees Caught Between Climate Hazards and Deportation in Karachi, Pakistan

by: Nasrat Sayed, Zulfiqar Kunbhar

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10 November 2025

UK's Labour’s Immigration White Paper: Reviewed

by: Ananya Kumar-Banerjee

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29 September 2025

Italy's Borders Immigration Paradox: Rising Numbers, Falling Crime, and the Reality of Exploitation

by: Luciano Magaldi Sardella, Matteo Mantuano

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17 September 2025

Deported Without Due Process: How Border Militarization Undermines Constitutional and Human Rights

by: Alexandra Wagner

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24 October 2025

Rohingya Refugees and their Crises in Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh

by: Sakhawat Sajjat Sejan, Abu Bakker Siddiq

Border Criminologies Blog

‘Approved Pending Revisions’ – Reflections on State Categories and Bordering Through Bureaucracy

Unpacking transparency: researching migration and border governance through Freedom of Information Requests

Empathizing with the Unsympathetic? A Methodological Reflection

Navigating Suspicion: Access, Trust, and the Ethics of Studying Border Bureaucracies

Methodological Reflections on Studying Border Policing

A Stake in the Hold: Reflections on Partnership during Fieldwork at Operation Sophia’s Stakeholder Meeting

Emotional Borders: People on the move during Syria’s civil conflict

Agents of Affect: The Emotional Interactions Between Immigrants and Immigration Agents

Top blogs posts this month

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Afghan Refugees Caught Between Climate Hazards and Deportation in Karachi, Pakistan

2)

UK's Labour’s Immigration White Paper: Reviewed

3)

Italy's Borders Immigration Paradox: Rising Numbers, Falling Crime, and the Reality of Exploitation

4)

Deported Without Due Process: How Border Militarization Undermines Constitutional and Human Rights

5)

Rohingya Refugees and their Crises in Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh

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Border Criminologies Blog

‘Approved Pending Revisions’ – Reflections on State Categories and Bordering Through Bureaucracy

Unpacking transparency: researching migration and border governance through Freedom of Information Requests

Empathizing with the Unsympathetic? A Methodological Reflection

Navigating Suspicion: Access, Trust, and the Ethics of Studying Border Bureaucracies

Methodological Reflections on Studying Border Policing

A Stake in the Hold: Reflections on Partnership during Fieldwork at Operation Sophia’s Stakeholder Meeting

Emotional Borders: People on the move during Syria’s civil conflict

Agents of Affect: The Emotional Interactions Between Immigrants and Immigration Agents

Top blogs posts this month

1)

Afghan Refugees Caught Between Climate Hazards and Deportation in Karachi, Pakistan

2)

UK's Labour’s Immigration White Paper: Reviewed

3)

Italy's Borders Immigration Paradox: Rising Numbers, Falling Crime, and the Reality of Exploitation

4)

Deported Without Due Process: How Border Militarization Undermines Constitutional and Human Rights

5)

Rohingya Refugees and their Crises in Criminal Justice System of Bangladesh

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