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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