This Symposium reflects on the growing relevance of biopolitical perspectives in camps
studies, border studies, refugee studies, and in particular in research at the intersection …

This article examines some of the contested geographical imaginaries of the so-called
“Balkan Route” as part of the wider Mediterranean migration complex. More specifically, we …

Makeshift camps have increasingly become a permanent presence along border areas and
in cities around Europe and elsewhere, constituting a 'hidden geography'that is crucial to …

We were lucky. Without any effort, simply by being born in the Netherlands, we, two Dutch
researchers, gained a golden travel ticket to the rest of the world (cf. Rawls, 1971). As …

“This is the sixth time that I am coming back to the border, in Ventimiglia, after being taken by
force to the city of Taranto. I am now trying again to cross to France, I really hope that this …

The number of people undertaking clandestine migratory journeys to Europe has increased
dramatically over the past several years. Particularly following the so-called 'refugee crisis' of …