In recent decades, there has been a global rise in fear and hostility towards asylum seekers.
Xenophobia–or 'fear of the stranger'–has become a pressing issue in a range of disciplines …

In this editorial introduction, we provide a context for our special issue by outlining the major
approaches and issues related to immigration detention in liberal, democratic states. We are …

Using a combination of migration studies, political sociology, and policy studies, this paper
explores the contradictions and violence of immigration detention, its architectures, and its …

Immigration detention is a growing threat to the well-being of migrants worldwide. While the
use of this tool continues to increase, there is a growing consensus by governments on the …

In January 2002, images of the detention of prisoners held at US Naval Station Guantanamo
Bay as part of the Global War on Terrorism were released by the US Department of Defense …

Institutional confinement is paradoxically characterised by intense surveillance, while those
confined are often rendered invisible as persons of value and agency. Our capacity to …

Deportation limbo traces the efforts of two Nordic welfare states, Denmark and Sweden, to
address the so-called implementation gap in deportation enforcement. It offers an original …

Abstract 'Border hotels' have come to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic as spaces
of detention and quarantine. Despite the longer history of using hotels for immigrant …

Across the political spectrum of different historical periods, welfare deterrence has shaped
social security and immigration policy in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Deterrence …

The relationship between immigration detention and trauma is well established, and
scholars have often employed Agamben's notion of the camp to explain the psychological …