So much promise, so little delivery: evidence-based policy-making in the EU approach to migrant smuggling

F Alagna - Journal of European Integration, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The 2020 New Pact on Migration and Asylum confirmed the continuity of the EU
and its Member States' largely repressive approach to migrant smuggling. Over the last few …

From smuggled migrants to 'alleged smugglers': Empirical evidence and policy perspectives on the criminalization of people on the move in Italy

F Alagna - International Migration, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since 2014, numerous people on the move have been accused of migrant smuggling in
Italian courts for steering makeshift vessels or for assisting in navigation across the …

The continuation of criminalization by other means: the role of judicial agency in the Italian policing of humanitarian assistance at sea

F Alagna - Mediterranean Politics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last few years, many of the civil society organizations engaged in search and
rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean have been targeted in different ways by public …

From the Conceptualisation of Migrant Smuggling to the Research Theory and Methods

F Alagna - Migrant Smuggling and the Criminalisation of Migration …, 2024 - Springer
This chapter engages with a number of key analytical and methodological issues related to
the study of migrant smuggling and to that of EU policy-making. It also introduces the …

Introducing the Research: EU Migration Politics, Italy and the 'refugee crisis'

F Alagna - Migrant Smuggling and the Criminalisation of Migration …, 2024 - Springer
The introductory chapter sets out the main puzzle, the topic and the scope of the book.
Accordingly, having provided some background elements, in this chapter, I identify the main …

Projecting Borders across the Atlantic: The Case of Italy from a Latin American Perspective

F Alagna - Latin America's Global Border System, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The chapter aims to offer an overview of the Italian border system, with some insights from a
Latin American perspective and in the context of a broader, global understanding. To do so …