When Immigration Control Becomes Higher Education Policy nandosigona.info/2026/06/05/w... #migration #immigration #homeoffice #highereducation

When Immigration Control Becomes Higher Education Policy nandosigona.info/2026/06/05/w... #migration #immigration #homeoffice #highereducation

The Home Office's answer to every policy problem appears to be: "give the Home Office more power." Employers, landlords, banks and universities have all been enrolled into #immigrationenforcement.

The Home Office's answer to every policy problem appears to be: "give the Home Office more power." Employers, landlords, banks and universities have all been enrolled into #immigrationenforcement.

289 of the 1,248 players at the 2026 #WorldCup were born in a country different from the one they represent. Paris is the world's leading exporter of #football talent: it's the most common birthplace among World Cup players...

Great stat. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/tuchels-en... 18 of England's 23 outfield players have at least one parent born outside our shores. The populist right hate football's multiracial reality.

289 of the 1,248 players at the 2026 #WorldCup were born in a country different from the one they represent. Paris is the world's leading exporter of #football talent: it's the most common birthplace among World Cup players...

In the latest @irisbirmingham.bsky.social Working Paper Robin Cohen traces the concept of #creolization through the arc of his own intellectual and personal journey. The result is both a contribution to migration studies and a compelling intellectual memoir. zenodo.org/records/1989...

Alternative title: Starmer's adviser says that Starmer should not be replaced as PM www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Once again, more EU citizens are leaving the UK than arriving. A negative net migration figure of -42,000 — is this what @andyburnham.bsky.social, #ShabanaMahmood and #KeirStarmer celebrate as a success and a goal to achieve for #migration overall?

There is so little space left to articulate a different narrative on #migration when all the main parties, much of the media, influencers, and the press officers who work with them repeat the same frames of crisis, invasion, and swarms.

And they treat it as a self-evident truth, not even bothering to make an argument for why this “goal” is supposedly good for the country. “It’s what people tell us on the doorstep” has become the all-purpose rhetorical device, the wild card that justifies everything. #netmigration #andyburnham

The doorstep is a #Labour's fetish: a fleeting encounter between politician and voter used to justify the absence of a vision and lack of principles.

Once again, more EU citizens are leaving the UK than arriving. A negative net migration figure of -42,000 — is this what @andyburnham.bsky.social, #ShabanaMahmood and #KeirStarmer celebrate as a success and a goal to achieve for #migration overall?

Another spineless politician ready to sell out on everything just to get into power. He is not Pedro Sánchez, just in case anyone was hoping. “Net migration needs to fall further” is not political courage: it is Labour continuing to chase Reform and the tabloids. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Immigration salience by party (top 3 issue) Reform: 83% (1st priority) Conservatives 33% (2nd priority) Labour 17% (5th priority) Green 16% (=6th priority) Ipsos, 8th-12th May 2026 www.ipsos.com/sites/defaul...

#Labour doubled #immigrationraids in Birmingham, but what did they achieve? i-claim.eu/the-home-off...

#Labour doubled #immigrationraids in Birmingham, but what did they achieve? i-claim.eu/the-home-off...

BBC News - 'Millions' of pounds saved by replacing Palantir tech in refugee system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Has having sold access to our health data to #palantir bought Wes Steerting political and financial support to run the leadership campaign? BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Parroting Reform's xenophobia hasn't worked, is Shabana Mahmood's time at the Home Office over? She may be one of the people Starmer is ready to drop to save (at least temporarily) his job.

BBC News - Luton woman describes impact of 'bussing out' policy - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just came across this TedX talk I gave 13 years ago, where I called for a regularisation of irregularised migrant children in the UK. It still hasn't happened. It is still urgently needed. youtu.be/mG4FsNiIs1o?... #regularization #irregularmigrants #undocumentedmigrants

Bite-size clip from my conversation with sociologist Nandita Sharma on the figure of the migrant, full episode available here: youtu.be/CI6LI0fSNoI?... #publicsociology #migrationstudies #podcast #conversationswithiris

We are delighted to launch a new #IRISWorkingPaper by Robin Cohen: #Creolization: an autobiographical journey around a concept, in which Cohen traces the concept of creolization through the arc of his own intellectual and personal journey. superdiversity.net/2026/04/30/c...

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...

I really enjoyed it too @nandosigona.bsky.social!

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...

📣 Do you work on migration and how it relates to security including economic, policy, political, and psychological aspects? We're hosting a 1-day workshop at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social on 23 June. Limited funding available. Abstracts due 11 May: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/VywDnKXg3c #polisky #migcitsky

Welcome to Billionaire square in #Oxford, where each building is named and paid by a ultra-rich donor

IRiS Director @nandosigona.bsky.social quoted in this important Reuters piece on the risks faced by Syrian minorities denied asylum in Europe. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Important piece by Reuters on the rapidly changing approach of European states to the protection of Syrian minorities www.internazionale.it/ultime-notiz...

Spanish Immigration Is Different According to @nandosigona.bsky.social Pedro #Sánchez is trying to regain control of the narrative around migrants at home while presenting himself as a pillar of the international #left and a defender of #European liberal values. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/s...

The statue of Zumbi dos Palmares in #Pelorinho Salvador. Here an interesting story about him by @amartinsjr.bsky.social wp.me/pajIKS-2v

I was interviewed for this piece on Spain's regularisation scheme in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/s...

Will J(esus) D Vance advises Trump to stay out of Vatican politics?

Trump Rages at Pope Leo, JD Vance Fumbles Iran Deal & Hungary Ousts Viktor Orban youtu.be/g6k55WQ5GAk

I was interviewed for this piece on Spain's regularisation scheme in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/s...

[in Italian] Si parla della nostra ricerca sulle logiche razzializzanti delle politiche migratorie www.meltingpot.org/2026/04/lirr...

Remember when US Presidents wished people a happy Easter rather than announcing plans to commit war crimes in unhinged social media posts? Good times

Migration regime produces oven-read disposable workers i-claim.eu/project/immi...

Not an easy task: capturing three years of @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the living and working conditions of migrant workers with insecure legal status in Europe in just 100 seconds. Suffice to say, there is much more to read, watch and lister on our website www.i-claim.eu

Listening to Moira Dustin speak about this book alongside @apowelllaw.bsky.social in a wonderful conversation about queer migration! It is open access (FREE!!): bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook-oa/...

Citizenship granted to almost 1.2 million people in 2024 - News articles - Eurostat share.google/m5ylEWhLsh6m...

Not an easy task: capturing three years of @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the living and working conditions of migrant workers with insecure legal status in Europe in just 100 seconds. Suffice to say, there is much more to read, watch and lister on our website www.i-claim.eu

Even as they claim the right to train their models on work belonging to other people, the AI companies have rejected a similar premise when it comes to their own products, Alex Reisner reports:

Incredibly timely new book in the @brisunipress.bsky.social Global Migration and Social Change series #decolonizing #queer #migration: #Iranian voices in #exile It is available in paperback and open access online: share.google/WlxYwC6NENcD...

Uncertain Grounds: Reframing Migration in Europe is a group exhibition of art projects curated by Centrala and commissioned by @iclaimeu.bsky.social #finalconference #brussels When around in Brussels check it out - galerie demeester 🥰

The final event of the 3-year research project on irregularised migration @iclaimeu.bsky.social in Brussels at the Committee of the Regions. Panels chaired by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social present research and policy recommendations can also be found on the website i-claim.eu

The UK should stay out of the war of aggression. False flags (eg the drone launched on Cyprus was not from #Iran) and propaganda (eg the front pages screaming about the range of ballistic missiles hypothetically capable of reaching London) are clearly putting huge pressure on Starmer.