D Debono
Biographic Data
| ID | 53206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D Debono |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | Debono |
| SIGNATURE | DEBONO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Malmö University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1056-6417 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Slow and spectacular violence: Debilitation and onward mobility at the EU’s borders
From pushbacks to shipwrecks, spectacular forms of state violence at the EU’s borders are well documented. In this article, we trace a continuum of racialised violence that exists between these spectacular instances of state border controls, as well as more mundane practices that discourage arrival, integration and settlement. Following Rob Nixon, we conceptualise these latter practices as a slow violence that precludes finding a ‘liveable life’,…
Repression Without Compassion: Forced Migration Governance at the EU's Southern Frontier
Criminalizing solidarity: Search and rescue in a neo-colonial sea
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rescued over 110,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea between 2015 and 2017. From 2017, EU member states and agencies increasingly criminalized these organizations, accusing them of ‘colluding with smugglers’ and acting as a pull factor. In this climate, as Italy, Malta and the EU increased cooperation with Libya to stop people from taking to the seas, many suspended their operations. This article expl…
Transgressive Solidarity: From Europe’s Cities to the Mediterranean Sea
In the wake of increasing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, non-governmental organizations took to the seas to conduct search and rescue operations in 2014. In 2016, this humanitarian fleet rescued 50,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea. In the meantime, local solidarity initiatives emerged across Europe, motivated by the arrival of many people in their cities and by deaths and border spectacles in the Mediterranean. Juxtaposing solida…
In defiance of the reception logic: The case for including NGOs as human rights monitors in the EU’s policies of first reception of irregular migrants
The first reception system for irregular migrants taking the Mediterranean route into the European Union (EU) is dictated almost solely by border control and security concerns. There is no recognition of the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as human rights monitors in first reception, and access is limited, controlled, and dependent on local authorities. Newly arriving migrants are at their most vulnerable during first reception. Trau…
Returning and Deporting Irregular Migrants: Not a Solution to the ‘Refugee Crisis’
This article questions whether the presentation of the return and deportation of irregular migrants as a solution to the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ is ethical. Legally, the return of irregular migrants may be a legitimate activity by the state, but the current pressure by the European Commission on member-states to increase the current 40 percent rate of effective returns can lead them to operate returns below minimal human rights standards in a …
Human Rights and Migration: Trafficking for Forced Labour
Introduction: The Wider Context of Trafficking for Forced Labour C.van den Anker & I.van Liempt PART I: ROOT CAUSES OF TRAFFICKING AND MIGRANT EXPLOITATION Kosovo and Trafficking in Persons: Trends and Responses B.Jones & T.Leko Moldova: Women's Rights and Trafficking C.Nanu An Ethnography of Migrant 'Illegality' in Sweden: Included yet Excepted? S.Khosravi PART II: IMMIGRATION APPROACHES TO MIGRANT RIGHTS Making Europe Migrant Proof: Binary Thin…
Criminalizing solidarity: Search and rescue in a neo-colonial sea
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rescued over 110,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea between 2015 and 2017. From 2017, EU member states and agencies increasingly criminalized these organizations, accusing them of ‘colluding with smugglers’ and acting as a pull factor. In this climate, as Italy, Malta and the EU increased cooperation with Libya to stop people from taking to the seas, many suspended their operations. This article expl…
Transgressive Solidarity: From Europe’s Cities to the Mediterranean Sea
In the wake of increasing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, non-governmental organizations took to the seas to conduct search and rescue operations in 2014. In 2016, this humanitarian fleet rescued 50,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea. In the meantime, local solidarity initiatives emerged across Europe, motivated by the arrival of many people in their cities and by deaths and border spectacles in the Mediterranean. Juxtaposing solida…
In defiance of the reception logic: The case for including NGOs as human rights monitors in the EU’s policies of first reception of irregular migrants
The first reception system for irregular migrants taking the Mediterranean route into the European Union (EU) is dictated almost solely by border control and security concerns. There is no recognition of the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as human rights monitors in first reception, and access is limited, controlled, and dependent on local authorities. Newly arriving migrants are at their most vulnerable during first reception. Trau…
Returning and Deporting Irregular Migrants: Not a Solution to the ‘Refugee Crisis’
This article questions whether the presentation of the return and deportation of irregular migrants as a solution to the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ is ethical. Legally, the return of irregular migrants may be a legitimate activity by the state, but the current pressure by the European Commission on member-states to increase the current 40 percent rate of effective returns can lead them to operate returns below minimal human rights standards in a …
Human Rights and Migration: Trafficking for Forced Labour
Introduction: The Wider Context of Trafficking for Forced Labour C.van den Anker & I.van Liempt PART I: ROOT CAUSES OF TRAFFICKING AND MIGRANT EXPLOITATION Kosovo and Trafficking in Persons: Trends and Responses B.Jones & T.Leko Moldova: Women's Rights and Trafficking C.Nanu An Ethnography of Migrant 'Illegality' in Sweden: Included yet Excepted? S.Khosravi PART II: IMMIGRATION APPROACHES TO MIGRANT RIGHTS Making Europe Migrant Proof: Binary Thin…
Returning and Deporting Irregular Migrants: Not a Solution to the ‘Refugee Crisis’
This article questions whether the presentation of the return and deportation of irregular migrants as a solution to the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ is ethical. Legally, the return of irregular migrants may be a legitimate activity by the state, but the current pressure by the European Commission on member-states to increase the current 40 percent rate of effective returns can lead them to operate returns below minimal human rights standards in a …
In defiance of the reception logic: The case for including NGOs as human rights monitors in the EU’s policies of first reception of irregular migrants
The first reception system for irregular migrants taking the Mediterranean route into the European Union (EU) is dictated almost solely by border control and security concerns. There is no recognition of the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as human rights monitors in first reception, and access is limited, controlled, and dependent on local authorities. Newly arriving migrants are at their most vulnerable during first reception. Trau…
Transgressive Solidarity: From Europe’s Cities to the Mediterranean Sea
In the wake of increasing migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, non-governmental organizations took to the seas to conduct search and rescue operations in 2014. In 2016, this humanitarian fleet rescued 50,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea. In the meantime, local solidarity initiatives emerged across Europe, motivated by the arrival of many people in their cities and by deaths and border spectacles in the Mediterranean. Juxtaposing solida…
Criminalizing solidarity: Search and rescue in a neo-colonial sea
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rescued over 110,000 people in the Central Mediterranean Sea between 2015 and 2017. From 2017, EU member states and agencies increasingly criminalized these organizations, accusing them of ‘colluding with smugglers’ and acting as a pull factor. In this climate, as Italy, Malta and the EU increased cooperation with Libya to stop people from taking to the seas, many suspended their operations. This article expl…
Repression Without Compassion: Forced Migration Governance at the EU's Southern Frontier
Slow and spectacular violence: Debilitation and onward mobility at the EU’s borders
From pushbacks to shipwrecks, spectacular forms of state violence at the EU’s borders are well documented. In this article, we trace a continuum of racialised violence that exists between these spectacular instances of state border controls, as well as more mundane practices that discourage arrival, integration and settlement. Following Rob Nixon, we conceptualise these latter practices as a slow violence that precludes finding a ‘liveable life’,…
Law (6 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Global Security and Public Health (4 works) · Human rights (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)