Experiences

Immigration Detention in Italy: Between Security and Humanity

22.02.2018 , in ((Experiences)) , ((Pas de commentaires))
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Despite the increasing scholarly attention to immigration detention around the globe, relatively little is known about life and the lived experiences of the people inside these sites of confinement. This is particularly true of the perspectives of professionals who provide services in these contexts. What are the lived experiences of people working in Rome’s detention center of Ponte Galeria? What complexities, struggles and contradictions do they encounter when working inside a custodial environment? ...

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Maintaining Distance and Producing Indifference in Swiss Immigration Detention

20.02.2018 , in ((Experiences)) , ((Pas de commentaires))

In contrast to many other countries, Switzerland confines most of its immigration detainees in ordinary prisons together with convicted or on remand prisoners – although usually in separated areas. As a consequence, prison officers are those in charge of the confinement and exclusion of migrants. They are constantly confronted with their suffering, which may take the form of bewilderment, anger, or despair, and develop forms of moral detachment to cope with the situation. ...

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What’s in a Name? Holot, an « Open Detention Facility » for « Infiltrators » in Israel

16.02.2018 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences)) , ((Pas de commentaires))

Political discourse and public debate are sites where exclusionary and criminalizing rhetoric about migrants emerges in visible and often explicit forms. A more “mundane” site of analysis is the everyday language of state bureaucracy: Administrative detention, “infiltrators”, and “open detention facility”. Officially, these terms are chosen based on technical or bureaucratic considerations. However, the way these choices are experienced, and their symbolic significance, cannot be ignored: They construct a punitive, criminal aura. ...

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Encounters with the Spanish Guardia Civil at a Border Crossing in Melilla

14.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences)) , ((Pas de commentaires))

State officials in securitized migratory fields – such as: border controls, detention and deportation units, combatting trafficking, etc. – operate regularly with a strong conviction that no outsider knows better than they how to perform their job. As state-securitized operations often tread thin ethical lines, involve “sensitive” maneuvers, and are based on guarded know-how, it is preferable and easy for officials to fence off attempts at studying their work. ...

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Let the Right One in – on Migration Authorities’ Resistance to Research

12.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences)) , ((Pas de commentaires))
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Dear (Swedish Migration Agency), we fully understand that your organization is under immense pressure at the moment. However, we would highly appreciate if you would consider our request. From our perspective, the experiences and practices of migration officials are of vital importance for understanding the preconditions of migration control […]. We thank you for considering our request and look forward to hearing back from you. ...

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