The demand on doctors to declare a person 'fit' for immigration detention in Italy reveals a clinical paradox at the heart of the border regime. Read the latest blog post, on resisting the pathogenicity of immigration detention ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Episode launched 🚀 The geniuses behind @theoryishpodcast.bsky.social @hannahva390.bsky.social and @paolamedgonz.bsky.social , invited me to talk about my book a few months ago.

This week we are chatting with the wonderful, the brilliant Erika Herrera Rosales about her book "Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control Colonial legacies and the Experiences of Migrants in Mexico" through Routledge! Listen to our episode on: anchor.fm/theoryish

Children are ending up in foster care because their parents are being detained. That is not incidental. It is the outcome of these policies. States are now scrambling to respond.

Really enjoyed recording this episode of Conversation with Iris with Nandita Sharma (@nsharma101.bsky.social). Nandita examines the historical and political production of migration, borders, and national belonging, with a particular focus on the figure of the migrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI6L...

Trump has made it nearly impossible to seek asylum in the US. What does that mean for people searching for safety and stability after being forced to flee their countries — often due to crises in which the US has a hand? My report from Tapachula, Mexico www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2026...

Powerful joint statement from over 100 organisations regarding the BBC's atrocious and misleading asylum reporting this week. www.rainbowmigration.org.uk/news/we-stan...

Rehabilitation of the Dandelion! No other plant in the Netherlands attracts as many bee species: 107. In early spring, when nothing else is blooming, it is simply there. Meadow bird chicks that have just hatched depend on the insects that are drawn to dandelions. No dandelion, no insect, no chick.

if you work in a UK uni, drop everything and read this (not news to many of us, but sobering to have the dots joined up; the stories are outrageous and heartbreaking)

Read our latest article on self-help culture and how it is not simply a digital trend, but an echo of authoritarian politics: irgac.org/articles/sel...

Life would be so much better and just if we would abolish citizenship and the violent borders required to have it

Sociology faculty in Florida are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught 'Barrett put it: “It is difficult to fully grasp how profoundly our workplaces could change if those protections disappear.”' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Our International Women’s Day 2026 Statement. We reiterate that no form of feminism is compatible with tolerance of immigration detention. In Larne House immigration detention centre, marginalised genders are incarcerated, degraded and harmed. enddeportationsbelfast.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/i...

Beyond grateful for this brilliant book review by the awesome Bel @belrawson.bsky.social 💫 It also coincides with the first year of my book "Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control" being published 🎂 ➡️You can find the book review here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Mood.

ICE's Alternatives to Detention programme is said to be "more humane" – but for Juliana and her children, it means living under constant pressure. Read the new blog post by @gesanchez.bsky.social and Juliana R. S. ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Know any undergrads thinking of postgrad studies? Please send them this widening access scheme. Maybe they could spend the summer working with us and @aviddetention.bsky.social

🚨100 people held under UK-France scheme report abuse: "Healthcare is inadequate, legal representation is denied, families are isolated, and basic human rights are violated. People are mentally deteriorating due to constant fear, harassment, Our lives are at risk" bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...

I’m thrilled to see this book chapter out! 📯 In “Confinement Beyond Immigrant Detention” we wrote about the continuum of punitive and coercive environments for immigrants in Mexico that are not restrictive to detention centres.

📣Call for applications: Dialogues on Mobility, Surveillance & Resistance JAN 26–30, 26 Tijuana, Mexico Organized by International Migration Institute & University of Amsterdam's Decolonial Futures Research Priority Area. Apply by SEP 25. Funding available! www.migrationinstitute.org/imi-archive/...

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I’m excited to start fieldwork next week in Ciudad Juárez! 🌳 As part of my postdoc research project, I’ll be looking further into the intersections of gendered violence, bordering practices and government institutions. I'm grateful to @slaslatam.bsky.social for awarding me this research grant.

I've signed up for the launch. Have you? "This book challenges the assumptions surrounding migrant shelters as benevolent, protective spaces, and raises concerns over their role amid #migration enforcement in the hemisphere. An important, urgent text." #criminology www.routledge.com/Ambivalent-H...

📚Next week, I’ll have the pleasure of discussing my book with @javierpsandoval.bsky.social, Abril Ríos Rivera and Soledad Álvarez at @compasoxford.bsky.social Join us to talk about the US-Mexican border, humanitarianism and colonialism ✨ ⏰ 20th June, 2:00 -3:30 pm (via zoom) register below ⤵️