Contested ethnic categorisations in policy research Is it time to abandon the use of ethnic categories in policy research? Joanne van der Leun • November 04, 2020
Detained migrants and access to law Legal support is not self-evident for detained migrants facing expulsion. Does a low-threshold counter for legal support help? Joanne van der Leun • April 13, 2016
Drop in crime and police overhaul What is the relationship between the drop in crime and the police reorganisation? Chief of the Dutch National Police assumes there is one, others doubt it. Joanne van der Leun • August 26, 2015
Not Making it in the Netherlands: Excluding Irregular Immigrants to the Max In recent weeks, the national government coalition in the Netherlands almost collapsed over the issue of shelter for former asylum seekers. This shelter is now primarily organised at the municipal level. Joanne van der Leun • May 20, 2015
Bed, bath, bread and security Why are municipalities and NGOs still offering support and shelter to undocumented immigrants, among whom former asylum seekers? Earlier they had agreed to stop doing so. Joanne van der Leun • March 04, 2015 • 4 comments
Neighbourhoods in the limelight At present, hardly a day goes by when the Schilderswijk in the Hague is not negatively portrayed in the news. Some years ago, Oosterwei in Gouda suffered the same fate. Joanne van der Leun • September 24, 2014
Learning lessons from the serial rapist investigations Now that police in Utrecht have arrested the alleged serial rapist who plagued the area for a long time, new questions arise. Joanne van der Leun • July 30, 2014
Banning bad words (‘illegal’) In the early 1990s it was not uncommon to refer to migrants unlawfully present in a country as ‘illegal aliens’. Lately, many international organizations and immigration advocates have been calling for more civilized terms. Joanne van der Leun and Jelmer Brouwer • July 02, 2014 • 2 comments
A lesson from the child amnesty Recent upheaval about the child amnesty shows how governmental layers keep pulling in different directions instead of recognising the different roles with respect to migration control. Joanne van der Leun • May 23, 2014
