"These... border policing practices... had the cumulative effect of creating more dangerous circumstances for migrants attempting the Channel crossing, and shown state policies to prevent small boat crossings as being a clear driver in the increased number of deaths amongst migrants in the Channel"

Really enjoyed reading this article, well worth your time!

FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely! philjobs.org/job/show/30997

Check out the brilliant @cibled.bsky.social in @econsocjournal.bsky.social on the extremes of Becker's human capital theory & its normalisation of inequality. doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces have filmed themselves committing mass killings in Darfur’s El Fasher – even as their leaders sat in US-sponsored peace talks. The city’s fall marks a new horror in Sudan’s war, reports journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Gouja. ⬇️

Really looking forward to this!

Yesterday @alarmphone.bsky.social documented what appears to have been a pushback in the Channel. I am not clear on all the details but pushbacks are prohibited under international law.

More completely predictable and needless loss of life in the Channel. What really worries me is the rise of the so-called "super dinghy". This weekend saw a record 125 people in one boat. These are flimsy, unseaworthy, vessels. I worry it's a matter of time until there is a much larger shipwreck.

Together, we can create a kinder Britain - place of solidarity, not hostility towards people crossing the Channel. #RefugeesAreWelcome #Refugees

To launch our new book we are organizing three webinars this fall. The first on Sept 30 will address the enduring impacts of colonial legacies on the governance and treatment of refugees in non-signatory states. Sign up here and do help us spread the word! www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/english...

We monitor the Channel and Kent's coast to record government actions and search and rescue incidents. Accountability protects lives. Please share to spread awareness. #Support #RefugeesWelcome

#HumanRights extend to people seeking safety. Depriving the #rights for those entering by dangerous routes is wrong. Demand safe #migration routes!

📣 Important Launch Today 📣 A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. 🌊✨ 👉 Please support them by sharing this post and giving them a follow. Your voice helps amplify theirs.

My colleagues Rachel Ibreck, Souhayel Weslety and I wrote a field reflection titled ‘The “UNFAIR” refugee agency: UNHCR accountability after protests and violence’ based on fieldwork researching refugee-led protests at UNHCR offices in Cairo, Tripoli and Tunisa. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...

Cardiff University's Department of Politics & IR is currently advertising three lecturer (Grade 7) posts: - Non-western (especially non US) Foreign Policy/War/Security Studies - Political theory - History and theory of colonialism tinyurl.com/mkhrwvcs Please get in touch with any questions!

My colleagues Rachel Ibreck, Souhayel Weslety and I wrote a field reflection titled ‘The “UNFAIR” refugee agency: UNHCR accountability after protests and violence’ based on fieldwork researching refugee-led protests at UNHCR offices in Cairo, Tripoli and Tunisa. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...

Great piece by Peter Rees, Rachel Ibreck and Souhayel Weslety on UNHCR and our UNFAIR campaign. @unhcr.org @iom.int @davidyambio.bsky.social @infomigrants.net Give it a read⤵️ academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...

Thanks for all the excellent work by the @laboescapes.bsky.social conference organisers. I had a great time in Milan last week presenting the paper "The Transversal Heritage of UNHCR Protests" that I co-authored with my colleagues Rachel Ibreck and Souhayel Weslety. 🇮🇹 🍝

I highly recommend this article by my friend and occasional co-author, Antje Scharenberg, on ships and the material politics of solidarity with maritime migrants.

We treat Channel crossings today as exceptional, and the RNLI is called a "migrant taxi service." However, people have long sought refuge across the Channel. On this day in 1939, two German refugees were rescued in the Channel by the RNLI and brought to safety in the UK.

We treat Channel crossings today as exceptional, and the RNLI is called a "migrant taxi service." However, people have long sought refuge across the Channel. On this day in 1939, two German refugees were rescued in the Channel by the RNLI and brought to safety in the UK.

It's time to abolish the Home Office. It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already. So I looked into how it could practically be done for @carladenyer.bsky.social My NEW report out today 👇👇

The report recommends: - Splitting the department into two - Introducing much stronger checks on the powers of the Home Secretary - Ending the politics that pursue hostile headlines at the expense of evidence & human rights carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/

Hearing, 12 June The #ElHiblu3 defence is attacking the terrorism charges against the accused young men, arguing the proper reference to the law were not made in the charges issued against them.

Our new report (led by @vickytaylor.bsky.social) provides a critical update on the UK government’s continued prosecution and imprisonment of people seeking safety—including refugees, trafficking survivors, and children—simply for arriving by ‘small boat’: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

If a former Israeli Prime Minister is saying Israel is committing war crimes then I think it's safe to say it's not antisemitic to accuse Israel of war crimes in Gaza. If only more politicians in the UK, USA etc... would also speak up. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

I just got round to watching Samuel Storey's film on the use of AI technology to prevent and criminalise migration in the Channel. It's super well-researched, well-made and deeply troubling. I highly recommend watching it. migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hos...

In this article, @smartitaz.bsky.social & I discuss how some decolonial approaches to borders & migration conceptualise colonial legacies by reducing the complex ways in which the colonial past informs racialised bordering mechanisms in the present. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm a little late to the game but please do read this important and very informative piece on the El Hiblu 3 and their search for justice.

A timely and excellent article! I am glad I got the chance to read it in advance. 😀

Three articles on @theguardian.com today. Draw your own conclusions on @teamlabouruk.bsky.social sensible migration policy "MPs and peers, have accused the government of copying the “performative cruelty” of the Conservatives in its migration and asylum policy" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New year, new beginnings! 🐍 I’m very happy to be joining the Global Studies Institute, at the University of Geneva as a @snsf-ch.bsky.social Fellow. For the next two years I’ll be working on my project ‘A Theory of Maritime Migration: Examining the interest of mobile people and territory’. 🌊

Have @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & Rory Stewart just gone & solved the small boats crisis in their latest episode of @restispolitics.bsky.social? Huge if so! So I've looked into it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=toFk...

In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions www.gov.uk/government/p...

My friend, Sandra Kazlauskaite, has organised this solidarity fundraiser for Lebanon. If you could share it and make a donation, if you have the means, that would be amazing. 🙏

First post! I had a new paper published in Area @areajournal.bsky.social yesterday 🥳 "Watery archives: Reflections on doing participatory archival research for climate action and audience engagement" co-authored with my wonderful Archivist colleague Claire Weatherall doi.org/10.1111/area...

Really looking forward to reading this! Gemma has an uncanny was of always writing about the exact thing I am working on at the time.

Call for papers for the annual conference on citizenship and migration convened by the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @globalcit.bsky.social. 8-9 May 2025, European University Institute, Florence. Deadline for applications: 6 January 2025. #migcitsky #migration migrationpolicycentre.eu/call-for-pap...

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students. **Tell Everyone** www.leeds.ac.uk/masters-scho...

Good! Now Labour must finally end all arms sales to Israel.

These are examples of what we call "migration communication campaigns". In our new article (with @jamesrdennison.bsky.social and @mcarmoduarte.bsky.social), we present a database to explore how diverse campaigns shape our perceptions of migration. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hello Bluesky friends! We'll be posting here more often going forward In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go! go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg

Reposting this as I have added many great #citizenship scholars to this list over the past couple of days - do revisit and follow these folks to keep track of all their great work 👉 go.bsky.app/5vLDGon (if you'd like to be added don't hesitate to ask me in a comment or DM) #migcitsky

Friendly reminder since a lot of people have joined this site recently: I made a Scholars of US Immigration starter pack. I added a bunch of heavy hitters in the field so it may be worth re-following. As always, let me know if you want to be added to the list. go.bsky.app/UZF75nN

Inspired/encouraged to do a law of the sea starter pack (probably not comprehensive so feel free to suggest additions!) go.bsky.app/9tsqVmb

I’ve put together a starter pack on … 🥁… wait for it … citizenship! 😉 This is a first stab and I have surely overlooked people. Happy to add you to this list and expand while more people are joining bluesky. #migcitsky go.bsky.app/5vLDGon

As seems to be the custom on here, meet Fennec and Moss.