It's never illegal to claim asylum.

Quite à propos these days.

Autrement dit: en Espagne, personne ne vit à plus de 50 kilomètres d’une fosse commune de l'époque franquiste. L'extrême droite, c'est effectivement ça.

Tomorrow we are presenting some of the findings from the @iclaimeu.bsky.social at a policy workshop hosted by @ceps.eu, in collaboration with our partners @enareurope.bsky.social & @etuc-ces.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?si=y4W...

A magazine asked Ursula to write about a book that changed her life. "A book? One book?" she wrote on her blog. You can read the whole post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/100-a-b...

”EU member states have yet to designate areas where they want to build infrastructure along the external borders to host, detain and possibly deport migrants and prospective asylum seekers.” euobserver.com/migration/ar...

MSF to resume search-and-rescue operations in the central Mediterranean with new ship Meanwhile, 2025 refugee death toll in the area tops 1,000 following shipwreck off Libya, and Frontex boasts of 22% drop of irregular entries into the EU thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/m...

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

🔥 15% off if you order The Gates of the Sea directly from Fernwood publishing! Code: GATES15

Gran trabajo de @statewatch.bsky.social editando esta guía sobre privacidad y protección de datos para los profesionales de #inmigración y #asilo: Extralimitaciones tecnológicas contra las personas migrantes. Te lo cuento en @publico.es #ProtecciónInternacional www.publico.es/opinion/colu...

If it helps, this blog actually explains in quite some depth why you are wrong regarding the Illegal Immigration Act righttoremain.org.uk/the-illegal-... As for it not being illegal to seek asylum, it is specifically prohibited to penalise someone for manner of entry www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/...

🔴 EXCLUSIVA El gobierno de España abre 2 cárceles de migrantes en Mauritania. Las obras corrieron a cargo de la agencia de cooperación FIAP (Min. Asuntos Exteriores). Ambos centros de detención tienen cunas para bebés. Vía @elsaltodiario.com 🧵 HILO ⬇️ www.elsaltodiario.com/fronteras/go...

The title made me laugh. It is true! The term "radical" in politics has a very different meaning on either side of the Atlantic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Geography Department at the University of Victoria has just posted a job ad for an Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies. Please share widely, and feel free to reach out if you're interested in applying or have questions. @geographers.bsky.social @cangeographers.bsky.social

Canadian budget is out, incl the new immigration levels plan. The Liberal govt has chosen to slash the (weirdly combined?) "Refugees, Protected Persons, Humanitarian and Compassionate, and Other" category from a 2024 target of 89,865.... ...to 56,200 for 2026. budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...

Comme le dit si bien @lunavives.bsky.social , le roi des cartes sera à Montréal, le 13 novembre. @reka.visionscarto.net sur les pouvoirs de la carte entre art, science politique et manipulation à @uqam.ca => inscrivez-vous! dandurand.uqam.ca/evenement/de...

Human rights must not be used as a scapegoat to excuse continuing, and escalating, anti-migrant rhetoric and policies. The ECHR helps protect everyone. Leaving it, or weakening it, harms all of us. It must be protected rather than attacked. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

On 22 October, the first summit between the #EU and #Egypt took place in Brussels, attended by Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission), António Costa (President of the European Council), and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (President of Egypt) to strengthen bilateral relations.

Como profe de Náuticas, oficial de la Armada y friki de la seguridad marítima, me paso el día explicando esto: el 90% del comercio mundial pasa por 8 estrechos. OCHO. Si los cierran, tu supermercado se vacía en 72h. Abro hilo sobre los puntos que controlan el planeta 🧵⚓

Trump is reducing the number of refugees admitted into the US to 7,500 - the lowest in its history. The majority, Trump says will be white south africans. We are back to pre-1965, openly white supremacist, immigration policies. We will not put up with this

Frontex in Focus explores the impunity surrounding top-down violence at global borders, with particular attention to the experiences of asylum seekers waiting at EU frontiers. Read the book review 📚⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

1/ NEW GUIDE: We’ve just published a new Data Protection Handbook on Asylum and Migration in Europe. ⚠️ Who it is for: This handbook is for anyone who works in immigration, in asylum, or who advocates for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.

#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...

Racism "in" refugee policies is hardly new or uncommon. This is racism "as" refugee policy though. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

❗️ Un informe del Consejo de Europa advierte a España del peligro de que algunos discursos políticos “recurran a narrativas divisivas y de odio contra las personas migrantes, asociándoles con la criminalidad o como una carga para el sistema social". www.eldiario.es/desalambre/u...

Plus qu'une dizaine de jours pour postuler 👇🌍⏰️

Opinion piece @theglobeandmail.com with Laura Madokoro @carleton.ca The Trump administration’s suggestions for a privileged form of asylum for white and politically aligned refugees is not new – it is a throwback, and one that undermines decades of progress. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

We need to take care of struggle history, learn it and transmit it. Here are two beautiful ones.

Funding for US immigration detention is on pace to be 62% larger than that of the entire federal prison system Want to know what ICE is going to do with that money? Read our brand-new article https://bit.ly/47Mk9Tc

It was a privilege and a joy to be invited by Austin to talk about my book. Thanks to everyone who attended for their interest and thoughtful questions! You can listen to our conversation in the link below 👇

It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school

Happening in a couple of hours! 🤩

Ambiguity surrounding borders and their governance is a challenge for migrants on the island of Cyprus – the place with the highest per capita asylum applications in the EU in 2023. Read the new blog post by Seçil Dağtaş, Aicha Lariani and Suzan Ilcan ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Migration diplomacy at work: Belgium has endorsed Morocco's autonomy proposal for the territory of Western Sahara. The move coincides with a migration-return agreement and expansion of trade ties. Check @tsourapas.bsky.social for more on this topic. www.belganewsagency.eu/belgium-stri...

Happening TOMORROW! Curious about the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean? Geographer Luna Vives discusses search and rescue operations in her book "The Gates of the Sea." austinkocher.substack.com/p/book-event...

On 2 November, Italy's memorandum of understanding with Libya will come into force, after the Parliament voted in favour of its renewal.

Things have become so obscene and dystopian so very quickly.

Making my coffee while reading the news and... I think I'm ready for the weekend 😅

Really looking forward to this!

1. Les négociateurs canadiens ont des nerfs d’acier. 2. Il est inutile de faire des concessions à cet homme qui trouvera toujours un nouveau prétexte.

Unsurprisingly, people who actually have to deal with dead bodies in the water are more reluctant to embrace risky and dangerous methods than grandstanding politicians are.

Looking forward to this conversation next week! 🤩

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one.

Labour's changes to family reunification routes are pure, unmitigated, cruelty. They will trap people in unsafe countries, deny people the ability to be with spouses and children, and increase the use of irregular routes. An abhorrent policy by any reasonable measure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The @ec.europa.eu has proposed the “Pact for the Mediterranean” to strengthen ties with neighboring countries through economic cooperation and preventive measures on migration & security. www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6758...

So excited to snag a copy of @lunavives.bsky.social's "The Gates of the Sea" from @fernpub.bsky.social !!! There's so much for people in Canada (and beyond) to learn about Euro approaches to migration, my gratitude to author and publisher for patience as I got overexcited to see it out in the world.

Letting you know what they’re about right up front

The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe – Fernwood Publishing share.google/69LQy7nNBwAk...

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty. Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵 transitionsecurity.org