The article argues that the governance of immigration, especially at local level, can be
considered a “battleground” involving diverse actors. Beyond the idea of a “negotiated …

Providing—and also not providing—public services to unlawful residents implies a certain
cost for host societies, and both inclusion and exclusion involve localized renegotiations of …

This paper addresses the complex and ambivalent interplay between experiences of
irregular migration and asylum seeking in the Italian context. Drawing on ethnographic …

In current Italy, the path of non-citizens' inclusion has been characterised by the continuous
encounter with legal and administrative barriers. The paper, using a variegated set of …

Across Europe, an increasing number of cities have developed strategies to support
migrants who are deemed ineligible for social benefits by national policies and thereby …

The present article investigates the role of civil society in internal migration control by
looking at the exclusion of irregular immigrants within Dutch society. Based on qualitative …

Current literature on internal bordering has suggested understanding health care as a key
migration control field. This article takes a closer look at the humanitarian medical offices in …

Migration represents one of the epoch-making themes in recent European and Italian policy
and political discourses, particularly during the recent soi-disant “refugee crisis”, with many …

Since 2015, the progressive tightening of border controls and the implementation of policy
measures aimed at discouraging the settlement of asylum seekers in the Italian territories …

Local policies for immigrants in recent years have attracted a growing interest among
scholars. It is increasingly accepted that they are distinct units of analysis in the governance …