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.

Occasionally I still go on Musk's platform, the first thing it comes to mind to describe it is: shiX-stirrer

Supervisors meet on a monthly basis for 3-4 years with PhD students & provide written feedback on sometimes poorly formed draft... that's their job description. Supervisors claiming co-authorship of PhD papers ‘form of fraud’ share.google/QzJRqCj6f5V1...

The government's "earned settlement" proposals "pull the rug from under those who have planned their lives and commitments and are contributing to our economy and to our society...I believe in a country where we keep our word and live up to our values” Absolutely right from Angela Rayner.

The Call for Papers, Panels and Workshops for IRIS 2026 Conference "Unsettling communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in the Age of Authoritarianism" (7-9 September University of Birmingham) closes on Monday 16 March. Apply online here: superdiversity.net/iris-2026-co...

Launching the UK policy brief on immigration policy and precarious migrant labour in Birmingham. Immigration Policy and Precarious Migrant Labour in the UK - I-CLAIM share.google/StKx04hPl8fr...

One week left to apply for #IRIS2026Conference "Unsettling communities: Diversity, Mobility and Displacement in the Age of Authoritarianism" - Call for Papers, Panels and Workshops ends on 16 March. Apply online here: superdiversity.net/iris-2026-co... #sociology #socialscience #migrationstudies

From the Iraqi first lady

Yes, 95% of Afghans on student visas apply for asylum, but how many people are we really talking about? What about Cameroon or Myanmar? See below the top countries of origin via entry route. 88% of Afghan asylum seekers don't enter with a visa...

The UK Home Secretary #shabanamahmood is never shy of a photo opportunity. Here she is posing in a martial Greg Bovino–style coat at a removal centre in #Copenhagen; just a few days later we find her again on the front pages announcing a #visa ban for countries that “abuse our generosity”. #asylum

The UK Home Secretary #shabanamahmood is never shy of a photo opportunity. Here she is posing in a martial Greg Bovino–style coat at a removal centre in #Copenhagen; just a few days later we find her again on the front pages announcing a #visa ban for countries that “abuse our generosity”. #asylum

Apparently one of the effects of using AI as our sparring partner/friend/therapist/coach/mentor is that we are becoming less patient with those who don't agree with us and find our ideas always insightful. Is this something others are experiencing?

➜ new episode of "Conversations with Iris" #podcast on asylum and integration in #Denmark with Prof prof Michelle Pace open.spotify.com/episode/6FvW...

Join us for our next IRIS talk with professor @vickisquire.bsky.social on her recently published book "Making and unmaking global citizenship" www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-and...

➜ a reminder: the Call for papers, panels and workshops for IRIS 2026 conference: Unsettling Communities (7-9 September 2026) is open until 16th March 2026: superdiversity.net/iris-2026-co...

4 updates from IRIS. ➜Racial Logics of hashtag#IrregularMigration: new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on how race and #racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe: in collaboration with @enareurope.bsky.social i-claim.eu/project/raci...

New episode of Conversations with IRiS 🎙️ In this #podcast, we speak with prof Michelle Pace, author of Unwelcome to #Denmark (Manchester University Press, 2025). #asylum open.spotify.com/episode/6FvW...

Rubio: we attacked Iran to preempt their retaliation due to Israel attacking them first. Carlson: we attacked Iran to protect Israel who attacked Iran first from their retaliation Netanyahu: Trump is the strongest leader in the world

Well, no, they’re not just as wrong. The bigger error is not seeing that “trying to win over voters from a party on the opposite end of the spectrum, whose values your core voters oppose” is not same as “chasing voters from party on same side ideologically whose values your core voters like.”

She hasn't learned the lesson BBC News - Mahmood to press on with immigration reforms despite by-election defeat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The only thing Keir Starmer seems to be changing at the moments are his glass frames. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"At a time when migrants are routinely framed as problems to be managed or threats to be deterred, Spain has chosen a different language: one of presence, contribution, and belonging" @nandosigona.bsky.social www.meltingpot.org/en/2026/02/a...

To get a sense of how this may affect people who are British by descent, here a public comment on my piece: "I am Australian, my father is British. He never bothered getting Australian citizenship, and he moved back to the UK over 30 years ago..."

Who are the dual citizens living in the UK at the time of 2021 Census (source: ONS)? 592,145 are UK-born 17,295 are Irish-born 139,240 are EU-born (excl. Ireland) 508,145 are non-EU born #dualcitizenship

⚠️ Natasha Tsangarides, an associate director at Freedom from Torture, said: “Yusuf’s speech was a grotesque display of ethnonationalist, authoritarian cruelty. His divisive and dangerous proposals threaten to divide families and wreak terror and chaos in our communities.”

New piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social: A different path – the #regularisation of migrants in #Spain. At a time of rising xenophobia across Europe, Spain is charting a different course. What does it reveal about the failures of the wider European approach? www.meltingpot.org/en/2026/02/a...

British dual citizens are not a homogeneous group, and their different constituent parts are affected differently by the new UK passport rules — changes whose wider consequences the government does not appear to have fully appreciated, @nandosigona.bsky.social writes for @theconversation.com

UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age. But dual citizenship and transnational life produce precisely the kind of complexity digital systems struggle to accommodate. theconversation.com/uks-new-pass... @nandosigona.bsky.social @theconversation.com

New rules for dual citizens reflect how states are adapting citizenship to a digital age of control and surveillance. 👉 Read the full analysis on @theconversation.com UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age theconversation.com/uks-new-pass...

New rules for dual citizens reflect how states are adapting citizenship to a digital age of control and surveillance. 👉 Read the full analysis on @theconversation.com UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age theconversation.com/uks-new-pass...

Listening to @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & Rory Stewart on the fate of Starmer's gov & I see why Rory is a inspiring intellectual & accomplished diplomat but he failed as politician. His 'solution' is to press ahead with unpopular policy by uninspiring establishment ministers (Streeting & Reeves)

What we may soon find out, potentially leading to a resignation over a false statement by the PM, is that Starmer & McSweeney appointed Mandelson NOT out of ignorance, but BECAUSE his presence in Epstein network made him someone Trump could trust. theconversation.com/how-much-tro...

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🧵