18 February 2022

Thematic Focus: Detention

Blog posts & press:

Australia: End Indefinite, Arbitrary Immigration Detention (Human Rights Watch, Feb. 2022) [text]

The Black Book of Immigration Detention in Italy (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

'Black Holes': Detention Without Charge and Violations of Human Rights in Italian Detention Centres (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]

Expanding the Penal Landscape: The Immigration Detention Phenomena (Border Criminologies Blog, Jan. 2022) [text]
- Introduction to a blog series; three additional posts focus on Mexico, Canada and the US can be accessed via the navigation menu on the right.

Immigration Detention in Trinidad and Tobago (IDC News, Dec. 2021) [text]

"'Limbo': What’s happening to refugees still in immigration detention?," Sydney Morning Herald, 30 Jan. 2022 [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

"Newcastle project finds community better than detention for asylum claims," BBC News, 26 Jan. 2022 [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Novak Djokovic was detained for five days – refugees in the same hotel have been there for years (The Conversation, Jan. 2022) [text]

"Scoop: Biden reinvents migrant detention," Axios, 8 Feb. 2022 [text]

"UN chief: Over 12,000 detainees held officially in Libya," AP News, 17 Jan. 2022 [text]

"What can be done to make the living conditions of detained refugees more humane?," UNSW Newsroom, 8 Feb. 2022 [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Reports & journal articles:

"A 'Binary Choice' for Families in ICE Detention: Examining the Legitimation Costs of Litigating the Flores Settlement Agreement," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 36, no. 1 (Fall 2021) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

Cruel by Design: Voices of Resistance From Immigration Detention (Immigrant Defense Project & Center for Constitutional Rights, Feb. 2022) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Detention as Deterrent: Denying Justice to Immigrants and Asylum," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 36, no. 1 (Fall 2021) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Health of children in Australian immigration detention centres: An analysis of the quarterly health reports from 2014 to 2017," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Early View, 18 Jan. 2022 [open access]

"The pains of detainment: Experience of time and coping strategies at immigration detention centres," Theoretical Criminology, vol. 25, no. 2 (2021) [free full-text]
- Focuses on Norway. See also related blog post.

"Psychological Distress in Australian Onshore and Offshore Immigration Detention Centres from 2014–2018," Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 3 Feb. 2022 [open access]

"Punishing with Impunity: The Legacy of Risk Classification in Immigration Detention," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 36, no. 1 (Fall 2021) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

Using Alternatives to Detention (ATD) as a Systems Change Strategy: Towards Ending Immigration Detention (International Detention Coalition, Jan. 2022) [access]
- Follow link to access paper/executive summary in English, Arabic, French or Spanish.

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