Next Social Scientists Against The Hostile Environment webinar: October 21, on what the Labour government holds in store — a new agenda or more of the same? With @zoebantleman.bsky.social@nandosigona.bsky.socialwww.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-labour...
As Labour scraps the Rwanda plan and writes a new Immigration Bill, we ask if Starmer offers more Hostile Environment or a real fresh start.
Join us at the University of Birmingham on 29 October (3-4.30pm) for a talk by prof John Solomos on #racism#migrationwww.eventbrite.co.uk/e/racism-and...
I spoke to AJ InsideStory on irregular crossings, safe routes to #asylumwww.aljazeera.com/program/insi...
The British and French governments are under renewed pressure after more people die trying to cross the English Channel.
Just published in International Migration Review, co-authored with Michaela Benson: Reimagining, Repositioning, Rebordering: Intersections of the Biopolitical and Geopolitical in the UK's Post-Brexit #Migrationjournals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This article examines the emergence of a new immigration regime in the United Kingdom, following its exit from the European Union, to uncover the entanglements ...
The UK government's new humanitarian visa schemes for Ukrainians and Hong Kongers can't replace the asylum system, Michaela Benson and I argue in this article for The Conversation Read the article here: theconversation.com/bespoke-huma...
For a new report, researchers spoke with dozens of people on the Hong Kong and Ukraine visas about their experiences.
Good thread on the bias - and opportunity - in a lot of the reporting on the doubling of the salary requirements in the UK family visa reforms. Saw this in the pandemic too - reports lamenting the long separations forced by border closures when it’s expected of (low wage) migrants all the time
Powerful & persuasive story in FT on the inhumanity & stupidity of the new immigration rules. www.ft.com/content/cfdc...
A steep rise in salary threshold requirements has forced families to consider leaving the UK