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AI for border control – a ‘geopolitical innovation race’ at the EU’s external borders 11 July 2025 by Stefka Schmid Julia Mahlberg
AI for border control – a ‘geopolitical innovation race’ at the EU’s external borders 11 July 2025 by Stefka Schmid Julia Mahlberg
The voiced and the voiceless: foreign national offenders' experience of the UK courts 7 July 2025 by Ria Rampersad
The voiced and the voiceless: foreign national offenders' experience of the UK courts 7 July 2025 by Ria Rampersad
From Invisibility to Vulnerability: Twenty Years After Menezes and the Ongoing Erasure and Criminalisation of Brazilians in the UK 4 July 2025 by Thi Bogossian
From Invisibility to Vulnerability: Twenty Years After Menezes and the Ongoing Erasure and Criminalisation of Brazilians in the UK 4 July 2025 by Thi Bogossian
‘Nothing to see here’? Criminalisation, solidarity, and visibility at the Belgian-French border 30 June 2025 by Mathilde du Jardin Ismail Oubad Daniela Trucco
‘Nothing to see here’? Criminalisation, solidarity, and visibility at the Belgian-French border 30 June 2025 by Mathilde du Jardin Ismail Oubad Daniela Trucco
Denmark’s Supreme Court stops illegal sentencing of refugees for entering with false documents 25 June 2025 by Michala Clante Bendixen
Denmark’s Supreme Court stops illegal sentencing of refugees for entering with false documents 25 June 2025 by Michala Clante Bendixen
‘Crimmigrant other’ narratives fail to capture diversity among immigration detainees: the case of Hong Kong 20 June 2025 by Wing Yin Anna Tsui
‘Crimmigrant other’ narratives fail to capture diversity among immigration detainees: the case of Hong Kong 20 June 2025 by Wing Yin Anna Tsui
The IOM and the Trump administration: a turning point in the organization’s history? 9 May 2025 by Sabine Dini Shoshana Fine Antoine Pécoud
The IOM and the Trump administration: a turning point in the organization’s history? 9 May 2025 by Sabine Dini Shoshana Fine Antoine Pécoud
Crotone court’s judging illegitimate the SOS-Humanity’s seizure. The cooperation with Libyan authorities was not necessary, because what they do cannot be qualified as “rescue”. 28 October 2024 by Chiara Denaro
Crotone court’s judging illegitimate the SOS-Humanity’s seizure. The cooperation with Libyan authorities was not necessary, because what they do cannot be qualified as “rescue”. 28 October 2024 by Chiara Denaro
Book Review: After Border Externalization: Migration, Race and Labour in Mauritania by Hassan Ould Moctar 6 June 2025 by Imen El Amouri
Book Review: After Border Externalization: Migration, Race and Labour in Mauritania by Hassan Ould Moctar 6 June 2025 by Imen El Amouri
Pakistan’s deportation policy: Questioning its adherence to non-refoulement 9 June 2025 by Hanna Gjelsvik Berg
Pakistan’s deportation policy: Questioning its adherence to non-refoulement 9 June 2025 by Hanna Gjelsvik Berg
From Invisibility to Vulnerability: Twenty Years After Menezes and the Ongoing Erasure and Criminalisation of Brazilians in the UK 4 July 2025 by Thi Bogossian
From Invisibility to Vulnerability: Twenty Years After Menezes and the Ongoing Erasure and Criminalisation of Brazilians in the UK 4 July 2025 by Thi Bogossian
AI for border control – a ‘geopolitical innovation race’ at the EU’s external borders 11 July 2025 by Stefka Schmid Julia Mahlberg
AI for border control – a ‘geopolitical innovation race’ at the EU’s external borders 11 July 2025 by Stefka Schmid Julia Mahlberg