The first episode of #maga & #migration podcast series is finally out! @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and I talk to @rachelhumphris.bsky.social about her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book Making #sanctuarycities Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0ptn... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

New research finds that narratives around irregular migration differ significantly across Europe, leading to inconsistent policies and a fragmented approach to governance. ✍️ Bastian Vollmer & Markus Rheindorf @iclaimeu.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Another, more decent and less biased journalist could tell a very different story from the same facts. Instead, the BBC’s coverage of the UK’s #asylum system is crafted to pour fuel on the fire of anti-immigration Farageism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A new day, a new minister, a new ‘solution’ – speaking to @lbc.co.uk and @bbc5live.bsky.social about Shabana Mahmood's first migration 'solution' after less than 24h in office share.google/z2jhpHXqb9ou...

Where are the UK's asylum seekers from? | UK News | Sky News share.google/jdEquTlr6JmN... - It includes words from me

Rwanda could have become an answer for between 4 (0.004%) or up to 300-500 (0.3% - 0.5%) if fully operationalised for a year of the 85,839 asylum cases pending at 30.6 2024 but it would not if introduced had any answer for over 85,339 (99.5%) of those 85,839 cases

Spoke to Johnny L'Anson @bbc5live.bsky.social on #Epping #asylum hotel ruling and the challenges to move to an asylum system that doesn't rely on hotels and huge private contractors but is built together with local authorities. From 10.37 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

You read this and won't believe that the whole madness of asylum hotel was born and bread under the Tories. More asylum hotels face legal challenge after court ruling - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excellent article by @bbcdomc.bsky.social on the context of #Epping high court ruling and its possible consequences on the UK's approach to asylum accommodation BBC News - Difficult decisions lie ahead after asylum seeker hotel ruling www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nando Sigona interviewed by @ipaper.bsky.social on the redevelopment of Mansion #asylum centre. Home Office cuts back plans to revamp scandal-hit Manston asylum centre inews.co.uk/news/politic...

'The food delivery sector is no longer just a site of informal economic survival for precarious migrants' - @nandosigona.bsky.social & @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social on 'a new mode of migration governance' merging algorithmic control and immigration enforcement www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Speaking to @markaustintv.bsky.social on Sky News on irregular boat crossings and the Labour government's response, @nandosigona.bsky.social says that one of the reasons why immigration policy fails is because they have little control or influence on the root caused of migration.

"From ‘smash the gangs’ to ‘smash the workers’" Important read from @nandosigona.bsky.social and @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social on how this government’s war on illegal work is making it harder for migrant workers to survive. www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

The British immigration system doesn’t just enable exploitation - it is built to enforce it. We urgently need a system rooted in fairness, which protects people, not profits, and which allows them to live and thrive. From research by @iclaimeu.bsky.social. www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

From #smashthegangs to ‘smash the workers’ Extract from our @opendemocracy.net piece drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social research www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

#Deliveryriders caught between algorithms and #immigration raids new piece drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social research with @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... #KeirStarmer #Labour #YvetteCooper #immigrationenforcement #Deliveroo #UberEats #gigeconomy

Great to see our @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings cited in @financialtimes.com ‘Account for rent’: UK seeks to curb illegal work in food delivery sector - on.ft.com/4m8T7Ke via @FT

Great to talk to @iaindale.bsky.social for this episode of @lbc.co.uk The Whole Show on #immigration open.spotify.com/episode/6261...

The UK wants (cheap and docile) labour no (family) ties attached. My op-ed for @uk.theconversation.com based on our @iclaimeu.bsky.social recently published reports. theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...

'Til the Home Office do us part: new piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social drawing on the @iclaimeu.bsky.social study on the working and living conditions of migrant workers in food delivery and domestic work in the UK theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...

Research exposes structural exploitation of #migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors made worse by #immigrationsystem under Labour superdiversity.net/2025/07/17/r...

I attended a conversation with @iomchief.iom.int at @odi.global yesterday, the word #displacement was used so many times that by the end of it I thought I was listening to @unhcr.org chief.

A great response/critique to Labour's immigration White Paper. I'd downplay the economic contribution of migrants and stress the inclusive policies and all other aspects of the approach described.

This year, there is a sizeable IRiS delegation at the #IMISCOE2025 conference, including @profjennyp.bsky.social @seb-rumsby.bsky.social @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social @pipmck.bsky.social Laurence Lessard Phillips and @nandosigona.bsky.social

The opening plenary of #imiscoe2025 starts with a provocative question : is the time for #migrationstudies to end?

Interesting to hear about @runnymedetrust.bsky.social report on #hostileenvironment at #ssahe conference, there are several findings that resonates with out @iclaimeu.bsky.social corpus analysis of political and public narratives on #irregularmigration i-claim.eu/project/the-...

What rights do irregular migrants have in Europe? New PRIME Webinar with @mpc-eui.bsky.social Clare Fox-Ruhs and Joakim Palme presenting their new study on the legal rights of irregular migrants in 28 European countries. 📅 Date: 26.06 - 14:00 CEST 📝https://migrationpolicycentre.eu/events/?id=580015

Nando Sigona finds the language to express the loss of moral compass and the collapse of the 'West''s own narrative of the self.

Our exhibition “Nostalgia ‘n’ Exploitation” by Chris Costa in Naples is open. This new commission explores the often overlooked realities of domestic, care, cleaning work & lives of irregular migrant women in Italy . Its part of @iclaimeu.bsky.social Opening reception👇 tinyurl.com/463pjjzv

Let's talk regularisation! New episode of Mobility, Work and Rights I-CLAIM Project #podcast out today! with Paola Bonizzoni; @minke-hajer.bsky.social; Frederik de Vlaming; @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social Available on i-claim.eu/podcasts/ (Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music)

Read more: 🔗 centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/... Supported by the Lithuanian Culture Institute @iclaimeu.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social

Let's talk regularisation! New episode of Mobility, Work and Rights I-CLAIM Project #podcast out today! with Paola Bonizzoni; @minke-hajer.bsky.social; Frederik de Vlaming; @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social Available on i-claim.eu/podcasts/ (Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music)

📢 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫: 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 🗓 Wednesday, 11 June 2025 🕐 13:00–15:00 CET 📍 Online via Microsoft Teams lnkd.in/d8xtUd_5 Hosted by MORE project, it will explore how public opinion influences & is influenced by 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 across Europe.

𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗱𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻: 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝘄𝗲𝘁𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀? Hoe spreken we eigenlijk over deze groep mensen in NL? @iclaimeu.bsky.social onderzocht het. Lees hier de conclusies: smallurl.nl/nJHTk

If you need help to digest the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social #immigration plan search no more: listen to the new episode of @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social #podcast migzen.net/podcasts/who...

Vetting for what? What are the criteria? BBC News - US halts student visa appointments and plans expanded social media vetting www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is a great podcast discussion on UKLabour’s new immigration white paper from @nandosigona.bsky.social & Michaela Benson podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

"La pregunta clave no es solo si las deportaciones masivas podrán llevarse a cabo, sino quién se está beneficiando de esto" – Profesor Nando Sigona, Universidad de Birmingham. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/th...

What do we need to do before creating shiny new UK-EU reset rules? Make existing rules work properly! Our *newly published* response to the HoL consultation highlights a giant problem facing EUSS holders: a COMPLETE ABSENCE of evidence of WA rights. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

@nandosigona.bsky.social and I have come off our podcast hiatus to talk about the new immigration white paper and the Brexit-sized elephant in the room (as well as the dogwhistle politics) Listen wherever you get your podcasts or visit our website: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

A new #immigration plan was launched in the UK - Read ✍️ @nandosigona.bsky.social comment for @opendemocracy.net

Through the lens of the I-CLAIM (@iclaimeu.bsky.social) research project, we’ll invite participants to reflect on the challenges of representing migration, displacement, and systemic injustice in art.

We will present this exhibition at Puntozero Valeria Apicella Gallery which is the second in a series of six exhibitions across Europe as part of the @iclaimeu.bsky.social Claim research project.

Everybody watches them, nobody is willing to truly see them. 07. - 11.05.2025 @iclaimeu.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social

Something for the diary: IRIS talk with @christinaboswell.bsky.social @emile-chabal.bsky.social Mike Slaven - editors/authors of States of Ignorance: Governing #irregularmigrants in Western Europe 22 May, 1-2.30pm. Room 715, Muirhead Tower & online Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/states-of-...

This is less to do with people with no papers and more with terrorising international students into silence www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Imagine you are an international student who paid $100k for a master's programme at an ivy league university. The USA is the land of freedom, they told you, but you end up in detention awaiting deportation because you attended a peaceful demo against #genocide in Gaza. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/...

Frankly (and unfortunately) it'd have been quite out of character for Jeff Bezos to do it, but really hope someone with a similar platform can make visible for every Americans the impact of Trump's tariffs www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...