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Deported to Mexico as Strangers

27.04.2018 , in ((Esperienze)) , ((No commenti))

More than 100 000 people were deported from the United States to Mexico in 2017. Some of them have been living in the United States as undocumented immigrants for many years. Some of them do not have family connections in Mexico or speak Spanish. What happens once they arrive in Mexico? A visit to a migrant shelter in Tijuana. ...

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Immigration Detention in Italy: Between Security and Humanity

22.02.2018 , in ((Esperienze)) , ((No commenti))
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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 ((Esperienze)) , ((No commenti))

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

14.12.2017 , in ((Border Criminologies, Esperienze)) , ((No commenti))

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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