Overview
Migration scholars and activists are often highly critical of border regimes and enforcement practices, while political parties and governments often feel the need to make bold promises of “smashing gangs”, stopping unauthorised border crossings or enacting deterrent policies.
Media reports and policymakers commonly centre these discussions on either abstract political and legal debates or emotive humanitarian stories.
Those charged with enforcing immigration policies, or with scrutinising their actions, face a challenging task in upholding domestic political decisions and international law.
This seminar series aims to explore the process of immigration enforcement from the point of view of those charged with enacting it in the UK and the EU, while also looking at the radical shifts that have occurred in immigration enforcement practices in the USA in the first year of the second Trump administration.
Attendance is free. To join online, registration is essential.
Schedule
3:45 – 5:00 pm
Please take note of the in-person venues for each seminar.
- 7 May: Mawby Room, Kellogg College, Oxford OX2 6PN
- 14 May: tbc
- 21 May: Mawby Room, Kellogg College, Oxford OX2 6PN
- 11 June: Mawby Room, Kellogg College, Oxford OX2 6PN
This series will be hybrid: each event will have an individual Zoom link for registration. You do not need to register to join in person.
