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We research the criminalization of migration.

Research themes, active projects, and recent publications from across the CINETS network.

Topics we study

Research themes across the network, each accompanied by documentary photography from related sites and observations.

Global Mapping

Project status: Active

Refugee registration line, Slovenia, October 2015

CINETS network

Oct 2015 · Slovenia

Policy Analysis

Project status: Active

Border crossing documentation during a research visit

Van Vollenhoven Institute

2023 · European borderlands

Human Impact

Project status: Ongoing

Immigration enforcement infrastructure, on-site observation

Anugerah Rizki Akbari

2024

Legal Frameworks

Project status: Completed

Workshop participants at a solidarity action outside immigration offices

Leiden University — Leiden Law School

2022

Recent Research

2018book

Immigration Detention, Risk and Human Rights. Studies on Immigration and Crime

Maria João Guia, Robert Koulish, Valsamis Mitsilegas
2025book

The Mobility Control Apparatus. Getting to the Core of Crimmigration in the Schengen Area.

Maartje van der Woude
2025book

Outsourcing Crimmigration Control. Digital Borders, the IOM, and Biometric Statehood

Samuel Singler