Today we published a report on public understanding & attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK. this is my a one-line summary: strong opinions, wrong facts. But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex... i-claim.eu/project/publ...

In case you missed it, the recording of our October #IdentitiesEvent is now available! 'From Colonial Subjects to Black Nations: Racializing the Caribbean within Global #Blackness' with Dr Jamella N. Gow youtu.be/ZDg4dB22nqM#IdentitiesEvent#Blackness'@aaronwinter.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @jamellag.bsky.social

Over the last five years @nuffieldfoundation.org funded @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social @katejandersen.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @katejandersen.bsky.social and I to research the impact of the two-child limit & the benefit cap largerfamilies.study

Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement. More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...

Denmark runs one of Europe’s most restrictive asylum systems, revoking protections at scale and even seizing belongings to cover fees. Some countries hail it as a model, but it carries serious risks: it undermines human rights and damages integration outcomes. theconversation.com/think-twice-...

Yesterday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a new set of hostile policy changes that will undermine the security and wellbeing of people seeking safety in the UK. 🔗 We have published a blog explainer about the changes, what this means in practice, their impact, and what we think:

MP Steve Reed on the radio this morning mentioning the deaths of babies crossing in small boats said ‘compassion isn’t all on one side’. So deporting families is compassionate? Again children’s lives and the discourse of compassion being mobilised to make life harder for people seeking asylum.

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

A powerful analysis @alasirriyeh.bsky.social ‘bringing into conversation theoretical interventions on ‘making’ the migrant – migratisation – and ‘unmaking’ the child – unchilding’ in British immigration politics journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New data🔈 Latest Government data shows there has been an 25% increase in deportations and incidents of force during removals have more than doubled from last year 🚨 Read the data breakdown over on our Substack: buff.ly/hkxCBTP

'You lose yourself. You lose your sense of identity.' Powerful words from mothers living with #NRPF in this latest Shadows piece for @theconversation.com Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson show how mothers and their children make lives in the absence of state support. theconversation.com/homelessness...

How are racially minoritised children central to the bordering of Britain? @alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging. #OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/vkEHpXp

I'm very excited to share that the next SSAHE webinar will be a celebration of my new book - Borders, Citizenship, and Pregnancy - and of Bordering Social Reproduction by Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson. Please register and join us online, 9 October, at 5pm #AcademicSky ssahe.net/2025/09/03/n...

Well, Yvette, maybe refugees are applying for family reunification as soon as they can because 1) they've spent ages waiting for status and miss their kids; 2) it takes ages for reunification applications to be approved; and 3) their kids are ineligible once they turn 18 www.gov.uk/government/s...

Why bother with a discussion of what family reunion actually is & an analysis of the impact of changes with, say, @ramfel.bsky.social who recently published an excellent report excoriating the system’s EXISTING failures that keep families apart? Nah. It’s #r4today🤷‍♀️ www.ramfel.org.uk/family-reuni...

Advance article (open access): Student antiracist activism and institutionalised equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in UK universities by Hannah Jones and Ala Sirriyeh - @uncomfiest @alasirriyeh.bsky.social - journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Wait ages for an article then 2 come along at once: w @alasirriyeh.bsky.social in @csp-journal.bsky.social "Student antiracist activism & institutionalised equality, diversity & inclusion in UK #universities" on #EDI #DEI in #HE as gateway to actual #antiracism journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Yet another child death linked to NRPF. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024... #NRPF

On Intl Solidarity Day with the Palestinian people, we reaffirm our position on migrant justice: all people should be free to move + no people should ever be forced to move. We can't have migrant justice without an end to settler colonialism, genocide + displacement.

Today is a general strike in Italy - organised by the main unions against, amongst other issues, budget cuts in the education system & the militarisation of universities, & in solidarity with Palestinians. Today is also The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In Florence

Great to see this out in the world! Our new publication led by Prof Milfrid Tonheim on relational and cultural continuity for migrant children in foster care. Learned a lot from our conversations.