Meaning of crimmigrant | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone who immigrates illegally.

derogatory, slang

Examples

“This Criminal Law of the Crimmigrant may already be taking root in the crim-migration enforcement as criminal law becomes strongly imbued with strict irregular immigration control measures, and the reinforcement of securitisa-tion measures, which have recently been adopted to allow an increase in penal-ties for immigrant-related behaviour, serve as crime prevention mechanisms.”

“Their apparent acceptance of this role, compared with an earlier reluctance to be involved in the enforcement of immigration law per se (Weber and Bowling 2004), may be due to the crimmigrant status of the targeted groups.”

“Opposite to crimmigrants, bona fide travellers experience the luxury of sped up process at border crossings, making travel a seamless experience (Aas, 2011).”

“We can see patterns between positive and negative mobility governance and in the treatment of the tourist and the crimmigrant, and in the facilitation of transnational mobility based on differentiated categories of labour and wealth.”

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