16.02.2018 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Maayan Ravid
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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23.01.2018 , in ((Politics))
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Francesco Maiani and Constantin Hruschka
A new chapter is being written in the troubled history of the Dublin system. (Hastily) declared dead at the height of the crisis’ of 2015, it has been (belatedly) judged unfit for purpose by a whole range of actors including the European Commission and Parliament. A fundamental reform has therefore been placed on the agenda as matter of urgency.
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12.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Annika Lindberg and Lisa Marie Borrelli
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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05.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Laura Rezzonico
Immigration detention centers are among those “obscured places” where migration is regulated and hidden from view. They are spaces of exclusion and suffering for those detained, and source of uncertainty and frustration for both detainees and staff working there. Access to those sites, as well as to data and information about them, is very restricted. It is precisely for this reason that research inside them – whenever possible and allowed – is worth the pains and difficulties it involves.
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01.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Experiences))
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Damian Rosset and Christin Achermann
While institutions of migration control and management are increasingly sought-after research sites, they are and will remain particularly sensitive ones as they evolve in a highly politicized field. Consequently, researchers encounter many challenges associated with gaining and maintaining access to these sites. The posts of this new series of blog posts – originally published on the Border Criminologies Blog – shed light on the way access shapes scientific knowledge.
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