Gillian McFadyen

Adorable photo of a black and white (tuxedo) cat lying stretched out, facing the camera with a quizzical expression

Over the summer, academics take the opportunity to make progress on their research, sometimes in the company of their pets. @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social reports that her cat Michael has been doing sterling work supporting her research into coloniality and the refugee regime. 😹 #CatsOfBluesky

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Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route? Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Gillian McFadyen explains that campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.

More: tinyurl.com/5anb8hpb

Our @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social had a new article in @uk.theconversation.com discussing Starmer's new 'one in one out policy' with France and what this means for safe and legal routes for refugees to the UK. #refugees #asylum #saferoutes

My new piece on safe and legal routes and the channel crossing #refugees #asylum #saferoutes #forcedmigration #smallboats

Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route? Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.

New piece in @theconversation.com discussing what Starmer's new pilot 'one in one out' means regarding the channel crossing and safe routes for #refugees #saferoutes #asylum theconversation.com/channel-cros...

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There’s a growing problem you’re not supposed to question: masked agents detaining migrants. Not in war zones...here...on U.S. soil. When power hides its face...it stops being accountable. When you can’t ID authority...you can’t challenge it. 1/5 🧵

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"Stories don’t just inform people; they humanise them. And in a world where division can feel louder than unity, storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have.” 🧡

Check out this beautiful storytelling project this #WorldRefugeeDay

The Welsh Pathway to Peace project, which uses digital storytelling to explore and share the lived experiences of forced migrants in Wales, has launched the first of its digital stories to mark #WorldRefugeeDay

More: tinyl.co/3Q0t
@welshrefcouncil.bsky.social
@acehubwales.bsky.social

On World Refugee Day our project, Pathways to Peace asks, what does peace in Wales mean to you, and explores how we can be be building positive peace within our communities. #RefugeeWeek #CommunityAsASuperPower #NationofSanctuary #Cymru #Wales #Peace #PositivePeace

YouTube video by Prifysgol Aberystwyth Llwybrau at Heddwch Cymreig / A Welsh Pathway to Peace

The digital story asked participants, What does peace in Wales mean to you? Pathways to Peace uses digital stories as a tool to bridge communities and promote positive peace in Wales! @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social @acehubwales.bsky.social #refugeeweek www.youtube.com/watch?v=brcu...

June  : News , Aberystwyth University

Great to share the first digital story of the @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social funded project A Welsh Pathway to Peace: Digital Storytelling & Forced Migration, exploring What does Peace in Wales look like? @welshrefcouncil.bsky.social @acehubwales.bsky.social #refugeeweek www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...

Why, now more than ever, we need to be engaging with our communities in Wales, having deep and meaningful conversations about key issues such as migration, representation and ultimately understanding what peace means for them.

#OnThisDay 1943: David Low, in the Evening Standard, with one of the few cartoons directly addressing the Holocaust to appear in Britain during the Second World War

A photo of a person with a speech bubble saying "This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower..." And writing that says refugee week 2024. Community as a superpower.

This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is being a 10-million-strong global movement fighting to end human rights abuses, including those against refugees.

We’re proud that this week, Amnesty UK activists have organised dozens of events around the country to support and stand in solidarity with refugees.

Integration is not a buzzword. For refugees in the UK, it's a lifeline

Refugee Week Ambassador Awssan says refugees should be integrated into the UK with dignity, equity and mutual respect to build communities.

Welcoming refugees with respect and kindness: 80 years of the Moomins by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp This year is the 80th anniversary of The Moomins and the Great Flood, originally published in Swedish in 1945 by Finnish artist, illustrator, and writer Tove Jansson. And this…

The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit

worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...

Work ban forcing 10% of UK female asylum seekers into sex work Research also finds many trapped in abusive relationships and unable to afford sanitary products and other basics

The Hostile Environment has so many sinister outcomes and does not consider the impact on wider society. Government policies like this make everyone less safe. The only people who benefit are those who are willing take advantage of vulnerable, isolated people.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

Great article and I appreciate that the author here is calling use of AI in academia cheating... for that is exactly what it is, and it's staggering how the students in this piece just aren't fazed. nymag.com/intelligence...

In 5 years there are going to be a rash of pieces about the weird superpower of young people who one way or another avoided AI slop during their school years and their unfair advantage over their peers.

This! Louder for the people at the back!!

Pictorial textile artwork featuring a seascape with gentle waves and rippled water under a golden setting sun with a dark rocky cliff to the right in silhouette

Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered land and seascapes #WomensArt

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Morning spot for some admin and #AcWri ☕️🥐

Two years of conflict in Sudan, marked by continued attacks on civilians and aid workers #Refugees

Devastating that this is viewed as a potential solution.