The point of (no) return? An ethnographic study of forced removal practices in immigration detention centres. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The forced removal of irregular migrants has become a central part of European immigration policies. Although legally defined as a measure of last resort, in practice, administrative immigration detention is a key instrument to facilitate the forced removal of irregular migrants. Scarce international criminological research illustrates the hybrid nature of immigration detention: although administrative in character as an instrument of migration ...