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Irit Katz

Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge, UK.

UK Immigration Policy

‘Performative cruelty’: The hostile architecture of the UK government’s migrant barge

— Semi-carceral facilities accommodating irregular migrants are designed to be hostile spaces that expose people to substandard conditions and keep them on the move, detached from wider society.

By Irit Katz

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