Border Forensics conducts investigations into practices of border violence perpetrated by states, police forces, militaries, and corporations.
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investigation
2026
The Death Zone – The Making of a Lethal Pushback Regime Across the Polish–Belarusian BorderlandsThe Death Zone – The Making of a Lethal Pushback Regime Across the Polish–Belarusian Borderlands |
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Investigation |
English en |
Border Death, Border Disappearance, border violence, Burial, Commemoraction, Identification, methodology, Poland, Belarus | 2026 | ||
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investigation
2026
How ‘stopping the boats’ killsComment la politique “Stop the Boats’ tue كيف تكون سياسة ‘وقف القوارب’ قاتلة |
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Investigation |
English, français, عربي ar, en, fr |
police violence, supply chain disruption, statistical analysis, Calais, France, Channel | 2026 | ||
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investigation
2025
The Death of Roger Nzoy WilhelmThe Death of Roger Nzoy Wilhelm |
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Investigation |
English en |
Morges, Switzerland | 2025 | ||
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investigation
2024
The Nador-Melilla Border TrapLe piège de la frontiere de Nador-Melilla فخ حدود الناظور-مليلة La trampa de la frontera entre Nador y Melilla |
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Investigation |
English, español, français, عربي ar, en, es, fr |
anti-Black racism, border control, geospatial analysis, impunity, massacre, push-back, Remote Sensing, Border between Nador, Morocco, and Melilla, Spain | 2024 | ||
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investigation
2023
Mission Accomplished? The Deadly Effects Of Border Control In NigerMission accomplie ? Les effets mortels du contrôle des frontières au Niger |
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Investigation |
English, français en, fr |
border control, borders, Cross-Sahara, featured, geospatial analysis, Law 2015-36, migrants' trajectories, Remote Sensing, spatio-temporal analysis, satellite imagery analysis, pattern analysis, sweat loss modelling, statistical analysis, Sahara-Sahel, Agadez Region, Northern Niger | 2023 | ||
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investigation
2022
Airborne Complicity – Frontex Aerial Surveillance Enables AbuseAirborne Complicity – Frontex Aerial Surveillance Enables Abuse |
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Investigation |
English en |
aerial surveillance, Frontex, spatio-temporal analysis, cartography, statistical analysis, pattern recognition, OSINT, Central Mediterranean | 2022 | ||
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investigation
2022
The death of Blessing Matthew – a counter-investigation on violence at the alpine frontierLa mort de Blessing Matthew – Une contre-enquête sur la violence aux frontières alpines |
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Investigation |
English, français en, fr |
police violence, spatio-temporal analysis, in situ testimony, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, statistical analysis, La Vachette, Hautes-Alpes, Alps, France | 2022 | ||
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position
2026
At the Edges of Death: Border Forensics in the Wake of Border Death and DisappearanceAt the Edges of Death: Border Forensics in the Wake of Border Death and Disappearance |
Position |
English en |
Border Death, Border Disappearance, border violence, Burial, Commemoraction, Identification, methodology, | 2026 | |||
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position
2025
Border Forensics: the politics of tracing border violenceBorder Forensics: the politics of tracing border violence |
Position |
English, italiano en, it |
border violence, methodology, | 2025 | |||
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position
2023
Against all Apartheid Regimes: From the Occupation of Palestine to Global BordersContre tous les régimes d’apartheid : De l’occupation de la Palestine aux frontières globales |
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Position |
English, français en, fr |
Geneva, CH | 2023 | ||
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position
2022
The human despite allL’humain, malgré tout |
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Position |
English, français en, fr |
commonality, insurgent humanism, solidarity, Geneva | 2022 |