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      The (In)visibility of Racialized Border Violence? A Ukrainian Killed in Lisbon Airport

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            On March 12, 2020, the Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homenyuk died, having been abused and tortured while in the custody of the Foreigners and Borders Office in Lisbon airport. This crime exposed what several NGOs and institutional reports had long denounced: the climate of impunity that enabled the denial of basic human rights to immigrants in closed spaces at the Portuguese border. Understanding the media as a pivotal place of both reflection and production of social meaning, this article examines the media coverage of this case and identifies the narratives that the case fuelled and the agendas by which it was co-opted. It explores how the public invisibility of violence at Portugal’s borders, Portuguese imaginaries regarding Eastern European immigrants, and current understandings of racism helped frame the case as one of police brutality rather than as a racist crime. We aim to highlight the role of the Schengen border in the reconfiguration of racialized vulnerability and the (re)production of global hierarchies.

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            Júlia Garraio:
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            Júlia Garraio, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

            Olga Solovova:
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            Olga Solovova, CEIS20-Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Coimbra

            Sofia José Santos:
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            Sofia José Santos, Assistant Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Economics and Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra

            Journal
            Journal ID (doi): 10.13169/statecrime
            Title: State Crime Journal
            Abbreviated Title: SCJ
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN (Electronic): 2046-6056
            Publication date Pub: 18 June 2022
            Publication date Collection: 2022
            Volume: 11
            Issue: 1
            Pages: 90-109
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            DOI: 10.13169/statecrime.11.1.0090
            SO-VID: e91dbe3a-944c-46f2-9dc8-842aab9eddec
            Copyright © © INTERNATIONAL STATE CRIME INITIATIVE 2022
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            ScienceOpen disciplines: Criminology
            Keywords: state violence,Portugal,borders,Schengen,Eastern European immigrants

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