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#Labour is nowhere near—even remotely—the idea of building a more just and equal society (sorry, so old-fashioned) if it continues to pursue policies that actively position migrant workers as inferior in the very scaffolding of the labour market.

#migration

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers.

Useful reminder:
1) Migrant scientists already contribute to the NHS with their taxes like everyone. Abolish NHS supercharge!
2) why are only rich scientists welcome in the UK? What has wealth to do with science?

Colonial mentality is strong & alive

www.bbc.com/news/article...

In the latest episode of Mobility, Work & Rights, @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social & I speak to three international experts on #migrantdomesticwork:
- Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social
- Rhacel Parreñas @rhacel.bsky.social
- Sabrina Marchetti
Listen & follow: open.spotify.com/episode/5NjS...

The Shape of Belonging for Unaccompanied Young People Özlem Ögtem-Young discusses her new book on belonging for young migrants with Elaine Chase (UCL)

Join us for next @irisbirmingham.bsky.social public seminar!
The Shape of Belonging for Unaccompanied Young People, Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite share.google/kc3mtGhQOXhl...

Who Cares? Migrant Domestic Workers and the Cost of Care

Who cares? Migrant domestic workers and the cost of care
New episode of Mobility, Work and Rights #podcast
ft. Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social, Rhacel Parrenas @rhacel.bsky.social, and Sabrina Marchetti
Hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social & me.

Listen & Follow: open.spotify.com/episode/5NjS...

Reforms Will ‘Make People's Lives Miserable’, Academic Warns, as UK Moves Toward New Asylum Model - tovima.com Asylum debate shifts to the right – asylum seekers and refugees are being labelled as criminals

Spoke to Greek newspaper @tovimagr.bsky.social about #UK asylum and immigration proposals and how they may impact non-citizens already in the UK
tovima.com/world/reforms-will-make-peoples-lives-miserable-academic-warns-as-uk-moves-toward-new-asylum-model/

People to follow in #migrationstudies
go.bsky.app/FQmTcRZ

Stay tuned! The new episode of Mobility, Work and Rights podcast is out next week!
We have amazing guests joining our hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social to talk about migrant domestic work.
Nando talks to professor Bridget Anderson, director of @mmbuob.bsky.social.

Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.

Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...

Irregular migration as an assemblage - I-CLAIM Rethinking irregular migration: a new I-CLAIM paper questions the categories, narratives, and policies that sustain ‘irregularity’.

What if the very policies designed to prevent irregularity are the ones that keep producing it?

I try to answer these questions in this piece for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on this recently published @iclaimeu.bsky.social concept paper i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...

How Europe’s Migration Rules Keep Creating the “Irregular Migrants” They Claim to Catch What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?

Across Europe, politicians promise to “stop illegal migration” as if it were a problem that comes from the outside.

What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?

#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood

politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...

#mustread by @nandosigona.bsky.social on @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on the recently published concept paper on #irregularityassemblage

Asylum is not illegal migration — So why is the UK Government treating it as such? Nando Sigona The premise driving the government’s latest proposals on asylum is fundamentally wrong.Asylum is not illegal migration. Yet the policy architecture being rolled out treats it as such, …

#Asylum is not #illegalmigration — So why is the UK Government treating it as such? nandosigona.info/2025/11/18/a...

Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’ To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?

Our @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on the living and working conditions of food delivery migrant workers is featured in this excellent piece by Diane Taylor
for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

About I CLAIM YouTube video by I-CLAIM

Tomorrow we are presenting some of the findings from the @iclaimeu.bsky.social at a policy workshop hosted by @ceps.eu, in collaboration with our partners @enareurope.bsky.social & @etuc-ces.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?si=y4W...

Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …

You can find our new report here: nandosigona.info/2025/10/31/i...

New @iclaimeu.bsky.social report by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and myself on the irregularisation of #migration in Europe and why we need to rethink how we think, talk and address the issue

Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …

#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...

Man sent to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat Exclusive: Asylum seeker says he made second crossing because he did not feel safe in France

The #1in1out scheme was always deemed to fail (and a compromise)... France can't detain anyone sent back from Britain and people will just try again, as they have always done
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

S4 E2 No place for migrants in the American Dream Michaela and Nando talk to Ernesto Castañeda about what's left of the American Dream in Trump's America and countering anti-immigration rhetoric and politics.

"Who still believes in the American Dream? How long can its demolition hold in a country built on immigration?"
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...

So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...

Register for the forthcoming seminars (5 Nov and 5 Dec) here superdiversity.net/2025/10/01/m...

Still hostile? Labour’s migration policy under the spotlight at IRIS public seminar After fourteen years of Conservative governments defined by the infamous hostile environment launched by Home Secretary Theresa May, a new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, seems eager to build her …

Catch up with the first seminar in our series. We discussed #migration and #asylum under #Labour with @nandosigona.bsky.social and David Stark superdiversity.net/2025/10/20/s...

'thanks' to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning... As a foreigner, this really gets me in a good mood (not) for the day.

Who is the Home Office really talking to? Diary of EU citizen in the UK ‘Thanks’ to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning when I first looked at my phone. As a foreign-born Briton, it really sets the mood (not) for the day. I deleted the first version …

Still on Probation: How the Home Office’s Rhetoric Keeps Foreign-Born Britons in Their Place

nandosigona.info/2025/10/16/w...

#immigration
#keirstarmer
#labour
#shabanamahmood

New research by @profjennyp.bsky.social and colleagues for a global #refugeesponsorship initiative
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/gl...

Further and faster in the wrong direction: Response to Labour’s Immigration White Paper David Stark and Lisa Goodson, IRIS, University of Birmingham A policy turning inwards At the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity (IRIS), we examine migration and …

superdiversity.net/2025/07/05/f...

Delivery riders at mercy of algorithms and immigration raids Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design Barriers to migrants’ family life are embedded in the UK’s immigration system.

2) theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...