Hallam Tuck
@hallamtuck.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology, City St George’s University of London. Border criminology, migration, punishment, incarceration.
Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!
@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social
Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...
@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social
Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...
Geopolitics
The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics
www.tandfonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!
@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social
Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...
@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social
Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...
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We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
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This video shows how much support there was for the motion - almost unanimous!
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This video shows how much support there was for the motion - almost unanimous!
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Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:
ESC General Assembly shows overwhelming support for motion; ESC Board denies vote
We, Criminologists for Palestine, are writing to express our profound shock at the decision of the European Society of Criminology (ESC) Executive Board to openly subvert the democratic will of its…
criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Yesterday the President (Michele Burman) and Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology brought the society into disrepute by refusing to allow a vote on collaboration with Israeli academic institutions complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Statement by Criminologists for Palestine:
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Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
June 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
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I just got round to watching Samuel Storey's film on the use of AI technology to prevent and criminalise migration in the Channel. It's super well-researched, well-made and deeply troubling. I highly recommend watching it.
migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hos...
migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hos...
The UK’s AI Borders: Anduril’s Autonomous Surveillance Towers - Migrants' Rights Network
Anduril Autonomous Surveillance Towers (ASTs) are scanning the Channel for people seeking safety on the South-East Coast of England.
migrantsrights.org.uk
May 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I just got round to watching Samuel Storey's film on the use of AI technology to prevent and criminalise migration in the Channel. It's super well-researched, well-made and deeply troubling. I highly recommend watching it.
migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hos...
migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hos...
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on point meme by Abhiram Krishna.
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
on point meme by Abhiram Krishna.
I am very proud to have edited this paper by my dear friends @dorinadamsa.bsky.social @nikostrand.bsky.social, which is part of our soon-to-be published special issue!
[Members' News] New publication by @dorinadamsa.bsky.social & @nikostrand.bsky.social on the epistemologies & methodologies of non/knowledge production in deportation from Europe, focusing on its fluid, i.e., co-constitutive, relational & contextual dimensions: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
States of Un/Knowing: The Un/Making of the European Deportation Regime
Migration governance in Europe is continuously shaped by various rationalities and actors, including those from state, supra/international, civil society and academic institutions. This article con...
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May 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I am very proud to have edited this paper by my dear friends @dorinadamsa.bsky.social @nikostrand.bsky.social, which is part of our soon-to-be published special issue!
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The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
May 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
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worth reading as we look forward to ever more 'control'... and speeded up returns blah blah blah
[New Blog 🖋️] What does a "safe return" really mean? Prof. Lisa Marie Borrelli shows how local Jordanian NGOs working with Syrian refugees push back on EU and INGO narratives, warning that conditions in Syria remain far from safe - despite political pressure to repatriate: buff.ly/9X3k7hN
May 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
worth reading as we look forward to ever more 'control'... and speeded up returns blah blah blah
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Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.
Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he's sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.
newrepublic.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
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Solar panels, heat pumps, & "about 600 jobs have been created"
#CarceralLabour
#CarceralLabour
March 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Solar panels, heat pumps, & "about 600 jobs have been created"
#CarceralLabour
#CarceralLabour
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NEW: As the Trump administration ramps up arrests and heavily limits releases on bond, conditions at ICE’s Krome detention facility in Miami have deteriorated into that of a third world prison, with people forced to sleep on concrete floors jammed in like sardines in appalling conditions.
‘Inhumane:’ Overcrowding strains Krome detention center amid Trump’s immigrant crackdown
Girl to police: “Don’t take my mom.”
www.miamiherald.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NEW: As the Trump administration ramps up arrests and heavily limits releases on bond, conditions at ICE’s Krome detention facility in Miami have deteriorated into that of a third world prison, with people forced to sleep on concrete floors jammed in like sardines in appalling conditions.
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Read @aviddetention.bsky.social's review of @mfbosworth.bsky.social's Supply Chain Justice: "[I]t is people who are the 'product' — people who arrive or stay in the UK and are subject to detention, people who are sorted, managed, moved, and monetised."
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/refl...
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/refl...
Reflections on
This is a book review, reflection and summary of Mary Bosworth's (Professor of Criminology at Border Criminologies) recently published book,
www.aviddetention.org.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Read @aviddetention.bsky.social's review of @mfbosworth.bsky.social's Supply Chain Justice: "[I]t is people who are the 'product' — people who arrive or stay in the UK and are subject to detention, people who are sorted, managed, moved, and monetised."
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/refl...
www.aviddetention.org.uk/article/refl...
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'Balancing the books' on the backs of poor and disabled people was wrong when the Tories did it, and it would be wrong now.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
March 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
'Balancing the books' on the backs of poor and disabled people was wrong when the Tories did it, and it would be wrong now.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
It’s a political choice - one that could push 700,000 households into poverty.
Our government should instead tax the ballooning wealth of the super-rich.
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I spoke to the Today Programme this morning about why cuts to disabilty benefits are a political choice - and the wrong one.
March 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I spoke to the Today Programme this morning about why cuts to disabilty benefits are a political choice - and the wrong one.
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The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Border Security Bill seeks to further criminalise people seeking safety in the UK
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
Read about the current situation where people are imprisoned for crossing the Channel, & concerns about the new Bill here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @captainsupportuk.bsky.social
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"the mass detention and deportation plans advanced by President-elect Trump rely, in part, on utilizing the beds available in local jails, supplemented by temporary and private facilities, to detain many more immigrants."
www.vera.org/news/jailing...
www.vera.org/news/jailing...
Jailing for Profit: When Budgets Depend on Locking People Up
Across the country, more than 1,300 counties have expanded existing jails or built new ones over the last 20 years—increasing the nation’s capacity to lock people up in jails by almost 40 percent. One...
www.vera.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"the mass detention and deportation plans advanced by President-elect Trump rely, in part, on utilizing the beds available in local jails, supplemented by temporary and private facilities, to detain many more immigrants."
www.vera.org/news/jailing...
www.vera.org/news/jailing...
US Crim/imm folks - can anyone point me to a detailed analysis of the Laken Riley Act? E.g. INA 236(c) already mandates detention of those who commit specific offenses. Aside from obvious net widening, how would the mandatory detention provision of the LRA change this?
January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
US Crim/imm folks - can anyone point me to a detailed analysis of the Laken Riley Act? E.g. INA 236(c) already mandates detention of those who commit specific offenses. Aside from obvious net widening, how would the mandatory detention provision of the LRA change this?
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Private prisons are rejoicing at the prospect of S5 being signed into law. S5 would target thousands more people into a deadly immigration detention system. Before it reaches Trump’s desk, the House will vote today or Thursday.
🚨TAKE ACTION: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
🚨TAKE ACTION: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
January 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Private prisons are rejoicing at the prospect of S5 being signed into law. S5 would target thousands more people into a deadly immigration detention system. Before it reaches Trump’s desk, the House will vote today or Thursday.
🚨TAKE ACTION: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
🚨TAKE ACTION: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-t...
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As Congress continues to debate the Laken Riley Act, which Senator Britt inaccurately says makes relatively modest changes to law, ICE itself is telling Congress that the bill would cost over $25 billion and would be "impossible to execute."
A new memo from ICE circulating on the Hill emphasizes the Laken Riley Act is “impossible to execute with existing resources.”
New numbers put the need for beds at over 100k & costs over $26 billion in first year.
They say prior estimates were outdated & didn’t count for all crimes in the bill
New numbers put the need for beds at over 100k & costs over $26 billion in first year.
They say prior estimates were outdated & didn’t count for all crimes in the bill
January 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As Congress continues to debate the Laken Riley Act, which Senator Britt inaccurately says makes relatively modest changes to law, ICE itself is telling Congress that the bill would cost over $25 billion and would be "impossible to execute."
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Letitia James comes out in opposition to the Laken Riley Act, joining a growing number of law enforcement officials who have raised the alarm about the way the bill undermines due process protections and threatens to divert resources away from more serious offenses. www.amny.com/news/ag-leti...
AG Letitia James urges Senate to reject Laken Riley Act, citing threats to due process and public safety | amNewYork
State Attorney General Letitia James is calling on U.S. senators to reject S.5, the Laken Riley Act, which seeks to expand federal detention of undocumented
www.amny.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Letitia James comes out in opposition to the Laken Riley Act, joining a growing number of law enforcement officials who have raised the alarm about the way the bill undermines due process protections and threatens to divert resources away from more serious offenses. www.amny.com/news/ag-leti...
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The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
January 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The same dudes who fetishize the supposed lost strength and competence of their forefathers want computers to write their emails for them.
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Border Criminologies, in partnership with the Greek Council for Refugees, has published a report on access to justice for refugees in Greece, based on research conducted by researcher and lawyer Vivi Paschalidou.
Read our full report here: https://buff.ly/3BUOmm4
Read our full report here: https://buff.ly/3BUOmm4
January 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Border Criminologies, in partnership with the Greek Council for Refugees, has published a report on access to justice for refugees in Greece, based on research conducted by researcher and lawyer Vivi Paschalidou.
Read our full report here: https://buff.ly/3BUOmm4
Read our full report here: https://buff.ly/3BUOmm4
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I am hoping to hear more from the methodologists on this (@juliagelatt.bsky.social help) but here’s a thread on why I’m not taking the NYT “more immigration than Ellis Island era” finding as gospel until I know more about its non-traditional data sources.
My initial thoughts:
-CBO isn’t primarily a population modeling office. To model unauthorized immigration stats folks in the government tend to rely, like the experts outside government, on the ACS, which gives us a 2-year lag on good data there. So this in particular raises eyebrows:
-CBO isn’t primarily a population modeling office. To model unauthorized immigration stats folks in the government tend to rely, like the experts outside government, on the ACS, which gives us a 2-year lag on good data there. So this in particular raises eyebrows:
December 11, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I am hoping to hear more from the methodologists on this (@juliagelatt.bsky.social help) but here’s a thread on why I’m not taking the NYT “more immigration than Ellis Island era” finding as gospel until I know more about its non-traditional data sources.