A groundbreaking new monograph, Border Criminologies from the Periphery: Cross‑national Conversations on Bordered Penality, has been published by Routledge. Edited by José A. Brandariz, Giulia Fabini, Cristina Fernández-Bessa, and Valeria Ferraris, the volume brings together international scholars to critically explore border control, penal power, and migration governance—highlighting perspectives often overlooked in mainstream criminology.
Dr. Veronika Bajt from the Peace Institute contributes a chapter on Slovenia, “Pushbacks of Unwanted Migration”, examining the human rights violations, normalization of violence, and criminalisation of people on the move along the Balkans migratory route. Her analysis frames pushbacks as a form of border enforcement and penal control, adding to global debates on migration, security, and accountability.
This research is closely linked to the Horizon MORE project – Motivations, Experiences and Consequences of Returns and Readmissions Policy: Revealing and Developing Effective Alternatives. The project investigates the lived experiences of migrants affected by return policies and forced removals, aiming to uncover their real-life impacts and develop policy alternatives grounded in human rights and evidence-based research.
📖 Discover the monograph and Dr. Bajt’s contribution here
