What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration? Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today i-claim.eu/project/publ...

Pretty confident you would get similar results if you ask foreign academics (excluding the US exodus). www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The final episode of #MAGA & #migration #podcast series dropped last week: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I reflect back on our conversations with 4 excellent guests: Cecilia Menjívar; Rachel Humphris, Ernesto Castañeda and Heba Gowayed Brief recap🧵

Need some help to understand what's going on in Trump's America? Listen to the #MAGA & #migration #podcast series hosted by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social

The final episode of #MAGA & #migration #podcast series dropped last week: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I reflect back on our conversations with 4 excellent guests: Cecilia Menjívar; Rachel Humphris, Ernesto Castañeda and Heba Gowayed Brief recap🧵

A (research) year-in-review from @irisbirmingham.bsky.social superdiversity.net/2025/12/16/a...

*NEW EPISODE ALERT* @nandosigona.bsky.social and I reflect on the pace of change when it comes to migration and Trump's MAGA project in this final episode of our Who do we think we are miniseries whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... 1/

New government strategy on tackling violence against women and girls www.gov.uk/government/p...

Today is #internationalMigrantsDay and we celebrate today in London as part of the Cultural Hangout Festival 2025 organised together with Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID). Our event is opened by 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 dos Santos, Migrant Voice Trustee who welcomes everyone to the event

Citizens on probation #internationalmigrantsday nandosigona.info/2025/12/18/t...

Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay, and a chance to celebrate the contribution of migrant nursing staff to the profession and to patient care. Without your dedication, our health and care system would cease to function. Explore our resources for international members ➡️ https://bit.ly/3XFjH3k

A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS @unibirmingham.bsky.social We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2025 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they replied! #migration #refugees #socialsciences #diversity #research

Co-authored by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @catherineruth.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... this @jcms-eu.bsky.social article examines how #Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared #European identity and belonging in the UK and EU

It is fun at the end of the year to put together this list, just one publication per person and a brief explanation, enjoy!

What's the link between #freespeech, #bordering, and Trump's #MAGA project? @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I address this question in the latest episode of #whodowethinkweare #podcast with a special guest: Dr @hebagowayed.bsky.social Listen, share, follow: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

What's the link between #freespeech, #bordering, and Trump's #MAGA project? @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I address this question in the latest episode of #whodowethinkweare #podcast with a special guest: Dr @hebagowayed.bsky.social Listen, share, follow: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

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...

Great conversation, thanks to @hebagowayed.bsky.social for joining us for this new episode of who do we think we are? #maga & #migration #podcast

This is a really important and much needed report on how the UK public view and understand #irregularmigration from @nandosigona.bsky.social and Laurence Lessard-Phillips @iclaimeu.bsky.social

2. Respondents readily identify scenarios such as unauthorised border crossing or waiting for an asylum decision as leading to irregularity, but are uncertain about more bureaucratic routes to irregularisation, such as overstaying a visa or losing lawful residence due to employment changes.

Various examples of Home Office salary changes to the Skilled Worker route impacting sectors are (re)emerging. I thought I'd start putting a thread together of examples. Please share if you spot any! 🧵

Band 3 nursing staff in Manchester face losing jobs because of salary changes not aligning with existing banding patientsnotpassports.co.uk/what-do-we-d...

This important study shows that: 1. Most respondents significantly overestimated the share of irregular migrants within the UK’s foreign-born population. Current estimates are 10–13% of the foreign-born, yet more than half of respondents placed the figure far higher.

Over 70% of the respondents overestimated the number of irregular migrants. Funny fact: Conservative voters after years of being bombarded with #stoptheboat slogans overestimate irregular migrants even more than Reform supporters. But it is not only about 'quantity'...

Much of the current debate surrounding immigration continues to be based on misinformation. As our trustee, @nandosigona.bsky.social and Laurence Lessard-Phillips show in this new report, people significantly overestimate the number of irregular migrants in the UK. i-claim.eu/project/publ...

Public knowledge of irregular migration is "partial, uneven & often distorted" but fascinating to see how attitudes "combine suspicion with pragmatism & show openness to social markers of belonging", eg English language or friends/family in UK V useful insights, esp considering heat of debate now👇

Research illuminates what different people do think and don't think about when hearing about "illegal immigration" or "illegal immigrants" in media, political and policy discourse

A lot in this report about current public opinion towards irregular migration in the UK. Several aspects about misperceptions about who irregular migrants are, as well as broader attitudes towards immigrants, chime with recent work/data from @robfordmancs.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social

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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...

Views on #irregularmigration are complicated. Academics always say so. But what if who we think #irregularmigrants are is deeply distorted by political and media narratives? check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more. i-claim.eu/project/publ...

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Very informative study “… identifies the tendency of liberal outlets to reinforce conservative narratives on irregular migration. …particularly evident in their reproduction of the 'small boat' crossings spectacle, which has come to dominate public imagination and policy responses ...”

Strong opinions and wrong facts - new report reveals public understanding and attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK #mustread

What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration? Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today i-claim.eu/project/publ...

The premises include 1. We are now the “destination of choice in Europe” 2. because have a more “generous” offer than other countries, and 3. it is because of that offer asylum seekers are choosing to come to the UK, and 4. changing that offer will make fewer of them do so. Those are all shaky

"If growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this." (Me, stating the obvious) www.ft.com/content/2b60...

"Lecturers, doctors, landlords and employers have been turned into border guards." A Professor of International Migration argues that states do not reduce immigrant irregularity — they create it. By @nandosigona.bsky.social Read now:

“At the very moment when global competition for research talent is intensifying, Britain has made itself less accessible, less attractive, and less affordable.” This is a good article.

I know several researchers who paid thousands of £ for Level 4 courses and PGCEs just to be able to teach in secondary schools. They say they want talent, but only from certain nationalities. No matter how bright you are, if you born in the “Global South,” your place will be cleaning toilets.

We say we want “global talent,” but what if our visa system only welcomes the wealthy? Read more 👇 nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w... #globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour

Millions of EU citizens had the rug pulled from under their feet when the UK Brexited. There was widespread outcry on changing the rules for millions of people. Where is the same indignation when the Labour government does it to millions of other migrants?

If you need deep pockets to be considered a “global talent,” are we really attracting "the brightest and the best"minds, or just the richest ones? Read more 👇 nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w... #visa #immigration #globaltalent

Useful reminder: 1) Migrant scientists already contribute to the NHS with their taxes like everyone. Abolish NHS supercharge! 2) why are only rich scientists welcome in the UK? What has wealth to do with science? Colonial mentality is strong & alive www.bbc.com/news/article...

The fading of human rights as a legal and moral framework in the West is accelerating the normalisation of migrants’ inferiorisation by design and the exploitation that follows.

Hey Google, define #sycophant ... [thinking]...

Great work by @migrantvoice.bsky.social and researchers from Warwick University and Leicester University. Congratulations to former colleague @mariegodin.bsky.social who co-authored the report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Useful reminder: 1) Migrant scientists already contribute to the NHS with their taxes like everyone. Abolish NHS supercharge! 2) why are only rich scientists welcome in the UK? What has wealth to do with science? Colonial mentality is strong & alive www.bbc.com/news/article...

Spain Sees Itself as a Beacon for Immigrants. So Do Many Latin Americans. The gov presents its migrant policy as a welcoming alternative to U.S. crackdowns. But activists say those arriving on boats from Africa are excluded from that embrace. W. Jason Horowitz / NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/w...