Shiva S. Mohan

Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants Bill C-2’s expanded enforcement powers and increased risk of status revocation could make the current precarity for migrants much worse.

Thousands on "maintained status" are legally present but can't prove it to employers/services. New changes to rules are making things worse and not addressing the actual problems, writes @shivasmohan.bsky.social in @theconversation.com. 🔗 theconversation.com/canadas-prop...

@cercmigration.bsky.social

Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants Bill C-2’s expanded enforcement powers and increased risk of status revocation could make the current precarity for migrants much worse.

Hot off the press! @ca.theconversation.com "Canada’s proposed Strong Borders Act further threatens the legal rights of migrants" theconversation.com/canadas-prop...

Canada’s new immigration policy favours construction workers but leaves the rest behind Recent immigration measures highlight deep inequalities in who gets recognized. An inclusive regularization strategy must go beyond sector-specific fixes.

Canada's new pathway to PR for migrant builders overlooks other essential workers. @shivasmohan.bsky.social explores this "hierarchy of deservingness" favouring industry needs over comprehensive recognition of all essential workers. 🔗: theconversation.com/canadas-new-...

Our next honourable mention goes to:
‘Human #migration in a new era of mobility: intersectional and transnational approaches’ by Alison Mountz & @shivasmohan.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/RFXW...

Migration scholars, mark your calendars! Join us for the April Migration Working Group, chaired by Rica Castaneda, co-chaired by Oreva Olapke. Scholars will present their #research on #diaspora communities and #transnationalism. Apr. 29, 12:30-3:30 PM EDT, hybrid. www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

Grateful for the conversations and communities that continue to push this work forward @cercmigration.bsky.social

Links:

The Interrupting Island: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Complex Precarity: dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMB...

🔵 Complex Precarity: Towards a Reconceptualisation of Irregular Migration as a Reality and a Policy Category (co-authored w/ @triandafyllidou.bsky.social )

Published in International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, special issue edited by Idil Atak and Claire Ellis.

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🔵 The Interrupting Island: Trinidad and Tobago and the Shifting Migration Trajectories of Venezuelans

Published in "New Directions in South-South Migration", edited by Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda, and Sujata Ramachandran.

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📖 Happy to share two new pieces of work out in the world — contributing to conversations on #migration, #mobilites, #irregularity, #islands, #governance

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