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Beyond borders: exploring the impact of Italian migration control policies on Mediterranean smuggling dynamics and migrant journeys
In recent years, the Mediterranean crossings have reconfirmed their status as the most perilous routes for migrants attempting to reach European...
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Can Migration Flows Be Controlled? The Effects of the Italian 2017–2018 Policy Against Illegal Immigration
The Italian migration control policy during 2017–2018 that sought to combat illegal migration caused a significant reduction in the number of sea...
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Incarceration Trends in Italy Between Rising ‘Punitiveness’ and ‘Penal Moderation’
The article analyses Italian incarceration trends and the impact of prison population increases on the criminal punishment system as a whole. “
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“Clan Crime” in Germany: Migration Politics, Socio-Economic Conditions, and Intergenerational Transmission of Criminal Behavior
In Germany, an intense political and media discussion has emerged on the phenomenon of “clan crime” (Clan-Kriminalität). In the course of the debate,...
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Governing Immobility in the COVID-19 Crisis in Italy: Non-conforming Behaviors of Migrants Confronting the New Old Processes of Othering
In this article, we critically analyze how different confinement sites for migrants in Italy, such as reception centers, pre-removal detention...
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Ethnic profiling of organised crime? A tendency of mafia-cation in the Netherlands
This article will explore how the current narratives (and corresponding changes) in Dutch organised crime policing relate to ethnic profiling of...
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How useful is the concept of transit migration in an intra-Schengen mobility context? Diving into the migrant smuggling and human trafficking nexus in search for answers
When using the concept of transit migration, contemporary scholarly literature and policy documents typically refer to situations located outside or...
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The heterogeneity of human smugglers: a reflection on the use of concepts in studies on the smuggling of migrants
The use of a broad conceptualization of human smugglers fosters their stereotypical representation. Moreover, the lack of attention to the...
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Border Violence in Africa
This chapter focuses on border violence targeting refugees and migrants on routes from Africa to Europe. First, we situate this violence in context,...
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Human Smuggling in the Mediterranean: A Comparative Analysis of the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Smuggling Routes
By building on a mixed-methods approach that combines the use of secondary sources with ethnographic research, this paper compares two separate...
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The Representation of Whiteness in Malta and Maltese Education
This chapter examines how Whiteness is represented in Malta and the Maltese education system. By undergoing a historical analysis of Malta’s colonial...
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From “Angels” to “Vice Smugglers”: the Criminalization of Sea Rescue NGOs in Italy
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a crucial role in conducting Search and Rescue (SAR) operations off the Libyan coast, assisting...
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Human Smuggling in North Africa: A Preliminary Exploration of Macro- and Micro-level Displacement Effects
This chapter offers a preliminary assessment of displacement effects in the context of human smuggling from North Africa to Italy and Spain. Overall,...
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Exploring Perceptions of Portuguese Police about Human Trafficking Victims and Perpetrators
The present study uses a qualitative approach to explore how Portuguese police perceive human trafficking and the individuals involved. Three hundred...
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Introduction to “The Evolution of Illicit Flows: Displacement and Convergence Among Transnational Crime”
Attention to the displacement and convergence of transnational crimes as a result of border security measures has increased substantially since the...
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Environmental Harms at the Border: The Case of Lampedusa
In this paper I examine authorities’ management of migrant boats on the island of Lampedusa, Italy, as an example of environmental border harm. A...
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Police Stops: A Comparative Perspective on Governance
This chapter introduces the question of governance, as it relates to police officers’ use of their powers to stop members of the public, and...
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Combating xenophobia and hate through compassionate migration: the present struggle of irregular migrants esca** fear and extreme poverty
This paper advances the need for a blueprint for a concept and practice of “compassionate migration” as a pressing response to the escalating...
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Monolingual Citizenship? Unequal Multilingualisms and Ambiguous Acts
Aoileann Ní Mhurchú and Radhika Natarajan discuss vibrant issues of mono- and multilingualisms in terms of how certain language regimes are linked to...