Mary Bosworth

And so it begins... Client telling me that my (and counsel's) advice is wrong and that I need to consider various cited cases that support their view. Which cases don't exist. Client admits used an LLM AI, but comes back to me with further detailed argument, citing other cases which.. don't exist.

From the Field: At the Border of Language and Law

Wrote for @bordercrim.bsky.social blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

In India and the US, protection for asylum seekers seems to rest on political discretion, not legal obligation. Read the new blog post on translating Indian journeys to the US ⤵️

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Higher Education Reporter, National New York City, United States

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We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫

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See what our colleagues got up at the annual @bordercrim.bsky.social workshop

🔥 These things got us talking at our annual workshop: creatively disrupting hostile border systems; navigating abolition; borderless empires vs bordered reparations.

Watch to find out more! 👇

@juliawinkler.bsky.social @mfbosworth.bsky.social @smilivojevic.bsky.social
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social

this was such a lovely few days, am already looking forward to the next one!

Tomorrow, 6 October at 7 PM, I’m happy to be moderating the 5th edition of the MENA Prison Forum Series.

This session will focus on the detention industry in Libya and the crimes against humanity committed against people on the move - and European complicity!

Back when I was in dover doing research in the local detention units this was the unnerving sign in my hotel room:

this will be great. the book is excellent. please do join us!

Stateless children sometimes challenge the human rights violations that result from statelessness in court. In this new blog post, dissertation prize runner up Rachel Pop sheds light on her research on how certain elements of litigation may affect case outcome ⤵️

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ooh how exciting! I look forward to reading. Hopefully @bordercrim.bsky.social can get it reviewed! and/or you could write a blog about it??

My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....

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I know there is a lot going on in the world but @bordercrim.bsky.social facing a funding crisis to stay meaningfully afloat. Initially in search of £12,000— any ideas of where to look gratefully received. Feels like a bad time to have our platform shrink.

I am looking for UK immigration law practitioners to fill in a short survey about their engagement with legal academic work. There is also an option to take part in an interview at the end. Please do consider taking part and share with your networks:

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Thanks! Am stressing bc this is new news and a bit unexpected. I thought we were fine until March 2028 m.

Thanks! and yes I will see if any of those orgs might be interested. We have previously been funded by the OSF.

I know there is a lot going on in the world but @bordercrim.bsky.social facing a funding crisis to stay meaningfully afloat. Initially in search of £12,000— any ideas of where to look gratefully received. Feels like a bad time to have our platform shrink.

Are you missing Sylvester’s??

Had a fun day welcoming all the new @oxfordcrim.bsky.social Msc students and some of our new DPhils too. Always an exciting time of year!

When border control policies prioritise deterrence over protection, a paradox emerges. Italy is a case in point.

Read the new blog post by Luciano Magaldi Sardella and Matteo Mantuano ⤵️

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Consider signing the petition linked in post. More than a million people have signed already.

This is not about protecting the UK or #immigration control. It's about data harvesting and #DigitalControl

Just say no!

#SayNoToIDCards
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#Criminology

Screening tomorrow! 📽️ This Jungo Life is showing at Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel, London, with a Q&A. The event raises funds for @captainsupportuk.bsky.social, a grassroots network supporting people criminalised for moving or supporting others to move.

Tickets 🎟️ www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/101321

What happens when documentation, not rights, determines citizenship? How India’s largest biometric identification system rewrites citizenship.

New blog from Varalika Singh ⤵️

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Geopolitics The Constitution and Contestablity of Borders. Volume 30, Issue 5 of Geopolitics

Our special issue on the constitution and contestability of borders is out now in Geopolitics!

@nikostrand.bsky.social @dorinadamsa.bsky.social

Read here: Geopolitics: Vol 30, No 5 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3...

Gah 😩

Finding it hard to believe with all that’s going on here that the govt thinks introducing digital ID is a vote winner… what is going on??

Am looking forward to today’s @bordercrim.bsky.social lunch time online book launch of Hannah Pool‘s new book The Game. Please join us. www.eventbrite.co.uk/x/book-launc...

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Event Announcement: "Immigration Detention, Inc" Book Talk at American University September 30 (Register Today) Join Ernesto Castañeda, Tazreena Sajjad, Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon, and myself for a discussion about the rapidly-expanding US immigrant detention system.

"Immigration Detention, Inc" Book Talk at American University September 30 (Register Today)

Join Ernesto Castañeda, Tazreena Sajjad, Nancy Hiemstra, Deirdre Conlon, and myself for a discussion about the rapidly-expanding US immigrant detention system.

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