EU researchers have suggested that Europe should re-examine current punitive migration control measures and ensure the judicial rights of migrants.
In addition to dealing with the current migration crisis, many European countries now have large numbers of foreign citizens among their prison populations – in some countries reaching over 50 % – and operate extensive detention facilities for immigrants. All this has contributed to a progressive intertwining and merging of crime control and migration control practices in Europe.
The EU-funded CRIMMIGRATION project was launched in 2011 in order to analyse the impact that this growing emphasis on migration control is having on criminal justice agencies such as the police, prisons and detention facilities. For example, is the focus on punishment and reintegration of offenders gradually being replaced by a focus on diversion, immobilisation and deportation?
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