Di Volpe
@dianavolpe.bsky.social
Wiener-Anspach Postdoctoral Fellow @ REPI @ulbruxelles.bsky.social & Co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social / DPhil @refugeestudies.bsky.social / Italy, asylum, borders, abolition / big fan of wheelie shoes
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At least 15 bodies have washed up on the shores of Calabria and Sicily in recent days. Fifteen people who tried to cross the Mediterranean. Fifteen lives that ended at Europe’s borders. And these are only the ones we see. www.corriere.it/cronache/26_...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:47 AM
At least 15 bodies have washed up on the shores of Calabria and Sicily in recent days. Fifteen people who tried to cross the Mediterranean. Fifteen lives that ended at Europe’s borders. And these are only the ones we see. www.corriere.it/cronache/26_...
"Too often there is a tendency to treat official national security assessments as solemn expressions of a neutral truth by the elected guardians of the people."
‘The Palestine Action ruling is another warning against always taking the government at its word.’
@daniellalock.bsky.social on the blog.
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@daniellalock.bsky.social on the blog.
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The High Court has ruled that the British government’s proscription of Palestine Action – which has led to the...
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February 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
"Too often there is a tendency to treat official national security assessments as solemn expressions of a neutral truth by the elected guardians of the people."
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Help réseau : ami afghan réfugié politique sur Lyon, cherche désespérément asap stage en SAP / RH sur la métropole. Double licence sciences politiques / mathématiques, master en relations internationales, niveau B2 proche C1 en français, anglais fluent. Méga smart et rigoureux. RT please.
February 18, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Help réseau : ami afghan réfugié politique sur Lyon, cherche désespérément asap stage en SAP / RH sur la métropole. Double licence sciences politiques / mathématiques, master en relations internationales, niveau B2 proche C1 en français, anglais fluent. Méga smart et rigoureux. RT please.
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🚨It’s publication day!🚨
My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops!
Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you!
Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops!
Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you!
Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
🚨It’s publication day!🚨
My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops!
Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you!
Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
My book OCCUPIED REFUGE is officially OUT today with Duke University Press. Available to order from all book shops!
Upcoming book launches in Glasgow, Oxford, Nairobi and—perhaps—a city near you!
Read the introduction for free online: www.dukeupress.edu/occupied-ref...
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Caged Histories brings together over a decade of research on Greek immigration detention, shedding light on violence – and resistance – in these blind spots. On writing her book and making detention visible @andrianifili.bsky.social 📚⤵️
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February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Caged Histories brings together over a decade of research on Greek immigration detention, shedding light on violence – and resistance – in these blind spots. On writing her book and making detention visible @andrianifili.bsky.social 📚⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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This morning the High Court found that the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful. Explanation and analysis from @finishedloading.bsky.social and me below.
High Court: Proscription of Palestine Action unlawful
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High Court: Proscription of Palestine Action unlawful
The High Court has upheld the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action on two grounds. First, the Home Secretary exercised the discretion to proscribe taking ac…
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February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
This morning the High Court found that the government's decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was unlawful. Explanation and analysis from @finishedloading.bsky.social and me below.
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This means that even if Palestine Action ad not won on Human Rights Act/ECHR grounds, Palestine Action would have won on another ground.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
February 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
This means that even if Palestine Action ad not won on Human Rights Act/ECHR grounds, Palestine Action would have won on another ground.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
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Will people on the move soon be branded as terrorists? A new decree escalates Italy's war on migration. Yesterday, Meloni's ultra-right government published a proposal, including measures to deny our vessels entry into 🇮🇹territorial waters for 1-6 months.🧵https://t.co/Eot8NjJQHs
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Will people on the move soon be branded as terrorists? A new decree escalates Italy's war on migration. Yesterday, Meloni's ultra-right government published a proposal, including measures to deny our vessels entry into 🇮🇹territorial waters for 1-6 months.🧵https://t.co/Eot8NjJQHs
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It's appalling to treat men, women & children fleeing violence as threats to national security. It is cowardly to send people back to countries where they face persecution. This is not security, it is inhumanity. We will redouble our efforts to save those whose lives are at risk.
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
It's appalling to treat men, women & children fleeing violence as threats to national security. It is cowardly to send people back to countries where they face persecution. This is not security, it is inhumanity. We will redouble our efforts to save those whose lives are at risk.
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The Backstage of the Care Economy examines the migration of women from Eastern Europe to provide domestic and care work in Western Europe – revealing the dynamics of households fractured by mobility.
Read the book review 📚⤵️
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Read the book review 📚⤵️
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February 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The Backstage of the Care Economy examines the migration of women from Eastern Europe to provide domestic and care work in Western Europe – revealing the dynamics of households fractured by mobility.
Read the book review 📚⤵️
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Read the book review 📚⤵️
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📣📆 Italy-based friends & colleagues! Our co-director @andrianifili.bsky.social will present her new book, Caged Histories, at the University of Bologna on 16 Feb. The book brings together 10 yrs of research on violence & resistance in Greek detention. More info ⬇️
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Storie ingabbiate
Violenza e resistenza nei contesti di detenzione amministrativa in Grecia
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February 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
📣📆 Italy-based friends & colleagues! Our co-director @andrianifili.bsky.social will present her new book, Caged Histories, at the University of Bologna on 16 Feb. The book brings together 10 yrs of research on violence & resistance in Greek detention. More info ⬇️
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People fleeing war deserve safety, not forced deportations. Tell EU to reject the dangerous, inhumane law that would put people at risk: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
EU, don’t deport people to unsafe countries!
Europe could soon adopt a dangerous policy. People would be deported to countries they’ve never been to - without a fair hearing. Add your voice and tell EU leaders: protect the right to asylum!
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February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
People fleeing war deserve safety, not forced deportations. Tell EU to reject the dangerous, inhumane law that would put people at risk: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
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Karim is a young asylum seeker from Sudan. He is trapped in Libya living under constant threat of abduction, extortion, & arbitrary detention by armed groups. Karim has been diagnosed with diabetes and needs consistent care,medication,and safe access to food
www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/help-ka...
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Help Karin stay alive in Libya until the Court of Justice decides his case against Frontex
Karim is a young asylum seeker from Darfur, Sudan. He is trapped in Libya, where simply being a Black refugee means living under constant threat of abduction, extortion, and arbitrary detention by arm...
www.refugeesinlibya.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Karim is a young asylum seeker from Sudan. He is trapped in Libya living under constant threat of abduction, extortion, & arbitrary detention by armed groups. Karim has been diagnosed with diabetes and needs consistent care,medication,and safe access to food
www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/help-ka...
www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/help-ka...
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✍️ Are you conducting research, or have first-hand experience of border control? Want to share your perspective with the wider public? Write for us! We welcome contributions from practitioners, academics and people with lived experience.
More info & how to submit ➡️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
More info & how to submit ➡️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
January 26, 2026 at 11:59 AM
✍️ Are you conducting research, or have first-hand experience of border control? Want to share your perspective with the wider public? Write for us! We welcome contributions from practitioners, academics and people with lived experience.
More info & how to submit ➡️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
More info & how to submit ➡️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@peopleandplanet.bsky.social is looking for a treasurer to join our board as a non-student trustee.
We are seeking someone with a strategic grasp of Third Sector issues, and who is keen to support young people in achieving the aims of People & Planet.
Please share among your networks! More info:
We are seeking someone with a strategic grasp of Third Sector issues, and who is keen to support young people in achieving the aims of People & Planet.
Please share among your networks! More info:
Work with us | People & Planet
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February 3, 2026 at 9:39 AM
@peopleandplanet.bsky.social is looking for a treasurer to join our board as a non-student trustee.
We are seeking someone with a strategic grasp of Third Sector issues, and who is keen to support young people in achieving the aims of People & Planet.
Please share among your networks! More info:
We are seeking someone with a strategic grasp of Third Sector issues, and who is keen to support young people in achieving the aims of People & Planet.
Please share among your networks! More info:
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Check out this fascinating method for studying immigration detention centres. More great work from @andrianifili.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social
🚫 Immigration detention facilities in Greece are often hidden from public view – a 3D modelling project brings new ways of documenting these spaces of confinement. Read more from @andrianifili.bsky.social 👇
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February 2, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Check out this fascinating method for studying immigration detention centres. More great work from @andrianifili.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social
The bodily remainder, therefore, is not simply trauma that is left over. Nor is it even gratuitous or ‘surplus’ violence. The remainder speaks to the generative aftermath of harm. Indeed, these new aches are shaped — and made legible — by the shadow of spectacle.
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The Bodily Remainder: Chicago Organisers after the
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January 30, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The bodily remainder, therefore, is not simply trauma that is left over. Nor is it even gratuitous or ‘surplus’ violence. The remainder speaks to the generative aftermath of harm. Indeed, these new aches are shaped — and made legible — by the shadow of spectacle.
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Beautiful reflection on what remains after the spectacles of violence by immigration enforcement. How does activism and solidarity continue when the spotlight moves away?
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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The Bodily Remainder: Chicago Organisers after the
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January 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Beautiful reflection on what remains after the spectacles of violence by immigration enforcement. How does activism and solidarity continue when the spotlight moves away?
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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@mfbosworth.bsky.social on reflecting on hopeful pessimism while researching detention:
"If the point of doing this research is to keep caring, we have to keep caring, without being cast adrift when our care does not yield the change we want to deliver"
"If the point of doing this research is to keep caring, we have to keep caring, without being cast adrift when our care does not yield the change we want to deliver"
📆 Next week! Join us for the launch of @andrianifili.bsky.social's Caged Histories.
This won't be a conventional academic panel. Instead, we'll combine visual material and collective reflection to explore the book's themes of history, accountability and witnessing.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
This won't be a conventional academic panel. Instead, we'll combine visual material and collective reflection to explore the book's themes of history, accountability and witnessing.
www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@mfbosworth.bsky.social on reflecting on hopeful pessimism while researching detention:
"If the point of doing this research is to keep caring, we have to keep caring, without being cast adrift when our care does not yield the change we want to deliver"
"If the point of doing this research is to keep caring, we have to keep caring, without being cast adrift when our care does not yield the change we want to deliver"
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📆 EVENT: after 7+ yrs, Seán Binder & 23 humanitarians have finally been acquitted of 'trumped up' charges inc money laundering and smuggling.
Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
📆 EVENT: after 7+ yrs, Seán Binder & 23 humanitarians have finally been acquitted of 'trumped up' charges inc money laundering and smuggling.
Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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🇵🇸 The Global Sumud Flotilla sailed to end the seige on Gaza. Civil search and rescue boats and migrants sail to challenge the authority of borders. Their actions have the potential to redefine international law in the Mediterranean.
Read the latest blog post ⤵️
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Read the latest blog post ⤵️
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January 16, 2026 at 11:28 AM
🇵🇸 The Global Sumud Flotilla sailed to end the seige on Gaza. Civil search and rescue boats and migrants sail to challenge the authority of borders. Their actions have the potential to redefine international law in the Mediterranean.
Read the latest blog post ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the latest blog post ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Horrifying news: In Libya, a mass grave with at least 21 persons was discovered.
Their deaths are a direct consequence of EU migration politics. Libya is not a safe place for people on the move! www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6927...
Their deaths are a direct consequence of EU migration politics. Libya is not a safe place for people on the move! www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6927...
Mass grave of migrants discovered in eastern Libya, survivors report torture
The bodies of at least 21 migrants were discovered in a mass grave near Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, after authorities raided a farm where survivors reported torture and abuse. Investigations into the d...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Horrifying news: In Libya, a mass grave with at least 21 persons was discovered.
Their deaths are a direct consequence of EU migration politics. Libya is not a safe place for people on the move! www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6927...
Their deaths are a direct consequence of EU migration politics. Libya is not a safe place for people on the move! www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6927...
Yesterday, after more than 7 years, 24 humanitarians were finally acquitted of their smuggling charges.
Come join us in London on the 27th with this talk about criminalisation of people on the move and those in solidarity. Excited to be back in London for this one!
Come join us in London on the 27th with this talk about criminalisation of people on the move and those in solidarity. Excited to be back in London for this one!
📆 EVENT: after 7+ yrs, Seán Binder & 23 humanitarians have finally been acquitted of 'trumped up' charges inc money laundering and smuggling.
Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
January 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Yesterday, after more than 7 years, 24 humanitarians were finally acquitted of their smuggling charges.
Come join us in London on the 27th with this talk about criminalisation of people on the move and those in solidarity. Excited to be back in London for this one!
Come join us in London on the 27th with this talk about criminalisation of people on the move and those in solidarity. Excited to be back in London for this one!
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Finally, some justice and humanity!
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Finally, some justice and humanity!