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🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.
Watch to find out more! 👇
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@cambridgelaw.bsky.social
Watch to find out more! 👇
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"Both attorneys and smugglers do not merely respond to inequality, they help reproduce it." Marielys Padua Soto reflects on the effect of different actors working across the global migration regime, and how they sustain it.
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
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Read the new blog post here ⤵️
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November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Both attorneys and smugglers do not merely respond to inequality, they help reproduce it." Marielys Padua Soto reflects on the effect of different actors working across the global migration regime, and how they sustain it.
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eqs6aXid
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eqs6aXid
If you're in Oxford please join us next Tuesday evening: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Immigration Bail: Still a Struggle for Justice
Oxford launch of the Third Report of the Bail Observation Project
www.law.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you're in Oxford please join us next Tuesday evening: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Our network member @vcanning.bsky.social on why the UK should not copy the Danish model:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
Why it's a bad idea for the UK to copy Denmark's asylum system
Victoria Canning, who has spent more than 10 years researching refugee rights in Denmark, writes about the lessons that can be learned.
www.bigissue.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our network member @vcanning.bsky.social on why the UK should not copy the Danish model:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
Known for being a welfare state, Denmark has been increasingly using ‘penal power to regulate non-citizens’. This has created significant spillover effects on the country’s development aid for international migration. See the analysis: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Known for being a welfare state, Denmark has been increasingly using ‘penal power to regulate non-citizens’. This has created significant spillover effects on the country’s development aid for international migration. See the analysis: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Join us at 18:00!
On our way to Oxford today for this screening of Removed (2025) - a panel digging into the realities of detention, resistance & community care.
Hosted by @bordercrim.bsky.social & Oxford @starnational.bsky.social group.
If you’re nearby, please come through.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Hosted by @bordercrim.bsky.social & Oxford @starnational.bsky.social group.
If you’re nearby, please come through.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed: Screening of Removed
Monday 17th November, 6-7:30 PMCentre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, St Cross RoadJoin us next
www.law.ox.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Join us at 18:00!
Reminder that this is happening today!
📣 Event alert!
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reminder that this is happening today!
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✍️ My book review of 'Supply Chain Justice' on the @bordercrim.bsky.social blog:
In Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control, Professor Bosworth shows how the collaboration between border control and private sector generates profit and how it is normalised. Holly Bird offers a comprehensive overview of this book: lnkd.in/enqx4mzA
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
✍️ My book review of 'Supply Chain Justice' on the @bordercrim.bsky.social blog:
This week we are running a thematic series on penal exports in Scandinavia. Penal exports are models, money, personnel, institutions, laws, technologies, and epistemologies related to the complex of crime and justice.
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This week we are running a thematic series on penal exports in Scandinavia. Penal exports are models, money, personnel, institutions, laws, technologies, and epistemologies related to the complex of crime and justice.
This week we are running a thematic series on penal exports in Scandinavia. Penal exports are models, money, personnel, institutions, laws, technologies, and epistemologies related to the complex of crime and justice.
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This week we are running a thematic series on penal exports in Scandinavia. Penal exports are models, money, personnel, institutions, laws, technologies, and epistemologies related to the complex of crime and justice.
📣 Event alert!
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📣 Event alert!
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Keeping Campsfield Closed:
Join us on Monday 17 at 18:00 on the reopening of Oxford's local immigration removal centre. We will have a screening of Removed (2025) and a discussion with us, @aviddetention.bsky.social and @closecampsfield.bsky.social
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
In Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control, Professor Bosworth shows how the collaboration between border control and private sector generates profit and how it is normalised. Holly Bird offers a comprehensive overview of this book: lnkd.in/enqx4mzA
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control, Professor Bosworth shows how the collaboration between border control and private sector generates profit and how it is normalised. Holly Bird offers a comprehensive overview of this book: lnkd.in/enqx4mzA
In May 2025, the UK Labour government published a new immigration white paper. Ananya Kumar-Banerjee discusses how it uses the spectre of illegal migrants to obscure the systematic exploitation of those on the move.
Read the full post here ⤵️
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Read the full post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eVTzY62M
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In May 2025, the UK Labour government published a new immigration white paper. Ananya Kumar-Banerjee discusses how it uses the spectre of illegal migrants to obscure the systematic exploitation of those on the move.
Read the full post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eVTzY62M
Read the full post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eVTzY62M
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Looks brilliant!
If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
Mapping deportations invites you to see the history of U.S. immigration enforcement not as a series of disconnected events, but as a pattern. For more than two centuries, U.S. immigration enforcement…
mappingdeportations.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looks brilliant!
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annika lindberg on what immigration detention in Denmark is like: www.manchesterhive.com/downloadpdf/...
www.manchesterhive.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
annika lindberg on what immigration detention in Denmark is like: www.manchesterhive.com/downloadpdf/...
The increasing reliance on mobile data extraction in the EU asylum system is putting people at risk. Dr. Sanjeewani challenges the ethical and legal implications of this practice ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The increasing reliance on mobile data extraction in the EU asylum system is putting people at risk. Dr. Sanjeewani challenges the ethical and legal implications of this practice ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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@bordercrim.bsky.social still looking for funding, please do send me any leads/ideas if you have any... I know it looks like the uni would cover us. but sadly it isn't quite that simple...
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@bordercrim.bsky.social still looking for funding, please do send me any leads/ideas if you have any... I know it looks like the uni would cover us. but sadly it isn't quite that simple...
✨What does hope have to do with researching hostile border policies?✨
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
✨What does hope have to do with researching hostile border policies?✨
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
Dr Nomfundo Ramalekana, Monique Failla, @juliawinkler.bsky.social & Ibrahim Ince share thoughts at our annual workshop @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @andrianifili.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social 👇
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A devastating new blog about the interconnections between climate breakdown and border control. Sometimes I do wish we all worked on cheerier topics...
Afghan refugees are on the front line of climate hazards in Karachi, Pakistan. And the increasing threat of deportation is making them more vulnerable to those hazards.
Read the new blog post by Nasrat Sayed and Zulfiqar Kunbhar ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post by Nasrat Sayed and Zulfiqar Kunbhar ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
A devastating new blog about the interconnections between climate breakdown and border control. Sometimes I do wish we all worked on cheerier topics...
Afghan refugees are on the front line of climate hazards in Karachi, Pakistan. And the increasing threat of deportation is making them more vulnerable to those hazards.
Read the new blog post by Nasrat Sayed and Zulfiqar Kunbhar ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post by Nasrat Sayed and Zulfiqar Kunbhar ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Afghan refugees are on the front line of climate hazards in Karachi, Pakistan. And the increasing threat of deportation is making them more vulnerable to those hazards.
Read the new blog post by Nasrat Sayed and Zulfiqar Kunbhar ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post by Nasrat Sayed and Zulfiqar Kunbhar ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Frontex in Focus explores the impunity surrounding top-down violence at global borders, with particular attention to the experiences of asylum seekers waiting at EU frontiers. Read the book review 📚⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Frontex in Focus explores the impunity surrounding top-down violence at global borders, with particular attention to the experiences of asylum seekers waiting at EU frontiers. Read the book review 📚⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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New blog on overlapping border regimes, published today in Border Criminologies
“No Laws to Protect You”: Life Between Cyprus’ Overlapping
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
New blog on overlapping border regimes, published today in Border Criminologies
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We have long-warned of the harms of large-scale accommodation sites.
The Government knows that they are cruel, unsafe and unsuitable.
This plan is chasing headlines. It puts closing hotels before people.
This move will undoubtedly cause harm and distress to people seeking safety here.
2/2
The Government knows that they are cruel, unsafe and unsuitable.
This plan is chasing headlines. It puts closing hotels before people.
This move will undoubtedly cause harm and distress to people seeking safety here.
2/2
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We have long-warned of the harms of large-scale accommodation sites.
The Government knows that they are cruel, unsafe and unsuitable.
This plan is chasing headlines. It puts closing hotels before people.
This move will undoubtedly cause harm and distress to people seeking safety here.
2/2
The Government knows that they are cruel, unsafe and unsuitable.
This plan is chasing headlines. It puts closing hotels before people.
This move will undoubtedly cause harm and distress to people seeking safety here.
2/2
📆 Event on 12 Nov! Dr Matilde Rosina will examine migration deterrence policies, with a focus on the introduction of the “crime of migration”.
Do deterrence policies work? And what are their unintended consequences? For more info and to sign up ⤵️
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Do deterrence policies work? And what are their unintended consequences? For more info and to sign up ⤵️
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Deterrence and the criminalisation of irregular
Abstract In Europe and beyond, deterrence-based policies are increasingly used as a response to
www.law.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
📆 Event on 12 Nov! Dr Matilde Rosina will examine migration deterrence policies, with a focus on the introduction of the “crime of migration”.
Do deterrence policies work? And what are their unintended consequences? For more info and to sign up ⤵️
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Do deterrence policies work? And what are their unintended consequences? For more info and to sign up ⤵️
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Ambiguity surrounding borders and their governance is a challenge for migrants on the island of Cyprus – the place with the highest per capita asylum applications in the EU in 2023.
Read the new blog post by Seçil Dağtaş, Aicha Lariani and Suzan Ilcan ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post by Seçil Dağtaş, Aicha Lariani and Suzan Ilcan ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ambiguity surrounding borders and their governance is a challenge for migrants on the island of Cyprus – the place with the highest per capita asylum applications in the EU in 2023.
Read the new blog post by Seçil Dağtaş, Aicha Lariani and Suzan Ilcan ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post by Seçil Dağtaş, Aicha Lariani and Suzan Ilcan ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Over a million Rohingya refugees live in a legal vacuum in Bangladesh. This situation is not simply a humanitarian failure: it is a legal breach. Read the new blog post by Sakhawat Sajjat Sejan and Abu Bakker Siddiq ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
October 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Over a million Rohingya refugees live in a legal vacuum in Bangladesh. This situation is not simply a humanitarian failure: it is a legal breach. Read the new blog post by Sakhawat Sajjat Sejan and Abu Bakker Siddiq ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...