Shadows: Making Lives with NRPF

Lunch Hour Lecture | Destitution by design In this lecture, Prof Rachel Rosen and Dr Eve Dickson report on the impacts of impoverished migrant families without access to mainstream welfare in the UK.

📢Join us for this Lunch Hour Lecture at UCL on the 13th of November. Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson will present their long-term research on #NRPF 'Destitution by design: Immigration policy and the conditions of life-making' www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...

Another painful example of 'deservingness' in migration policies and welfare being used as a border mechanism:
'It creates a tiered model of membership: citizens at the top, enjoying unconditional rights; long-term migrants below, required to constantly demonstrate they are "good enough" to remain.'

Ala Sirriyeh Bordering through unchilding: The case of Britain’s child migrants https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00380261251366887 The Sociological Review #OnlineFirst

How are racially minoritised children central to the bordering of Britain?

@alasirriyeh.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social reflects on theories of migratisation, the work of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian and the erasure of belonging.

#OpenAccess @journals.sagepub.com buff.ly/vkEHpXp

Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute migrant mothers and their children on the reality of life in the UK Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.

'You lose yourself. You lose your sense of identity.' Powerful words from mothers living with #NRPF in this latest Shadows piece for @theconversation.com Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson show how mothers and their children make lives in the absence of state support.
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Next webinar: Bordering/Mothering, 9 October Register on EventBrite to receive a Zoom link. In this event, we will celebrate two new books by SSAHE members: Bordering social reproduction: Migrant mothers and children making lives in the …

Next #SSAHE webinar: Bordering/Mothering, 9 October is a double book launch!
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Bordering Social Reproduction | 25th September 2025 | Barnard's Inn Hall, London & Online An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Professor Rachel Rosen & Dr Eve Dickson, authors of 'Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant Mothers and Children Making Lives in the Shadows'.

📢Book Launch 'Bordering Social Reproduction' by Shadows team members Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson. Hear from the authors about #NRPF and making lives in the shadows, in conversation with Gargi Bhattacharyya & Shirin Rai @isrfoundation.bsky.social
Please register here:
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'If these reforms go ahead, we will continue to see high levels of poverty among children in families subject to immigration control.' @ilonapin.bsky.social analyses the Immigration White Paper and shows how denying access to benefits increases the hidden costs of prolonged poverty #NRPF

Letter on a beige background with the "Together With Refugees" logo at the top right, featuring an orange heart partially shaded in black. The heading reads, “Dear Party Leaders.” The letter condemns recent anti-refugee protests in the UK, comparing them to riots from the previous summer. It describes the suffering of targeted refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria, who now face hostility, unemployment, and fear due to delays and a broken system. The letter calls for leaders to unite against racism, hatred, and divisive politics, urging them to promote cohesion instead. It highlights public support for refugees and stresses solidarity, stating, “This is what represents our country, this is who we are.” Signed, “Yours sincerely, 213 organisations.”

We’re proud to stand in solidarity with over 200 organisations to call for communities and the country to be brought together for a different way forward – one that’s compassionate and humane.

This must be a turning point.

Read the letter 👇🏾 @refugeestogether.bsky.social

Shadows team members Dr. Eve Dickson and Professor Rachel Rosen submitted evidence for the Child Poverty Taskforce this week

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You can read the full report here: nrpfintheshadows.com/wp-content/u...

We are very grateful to MP @kateosamormp.bsky.social
for submitting written questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department in support of our campaign.

Migrants are living in extreme poverty due to immigration & health charging. This disproportionately affects racialised women.

Bordering social reproduction: Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson published this important book with @manchesterup.bsky.social spotlighting how UK immigration control reaches inside families via #NRPF policies and drawing attention to how migrant mothers and children make lives in the shadows

'I was worried I was going to starve' - children's experiences of the NRPF system - CYP Now Experts set out findings from latest research that reveals the impact of lack of state financial support for children in migrant families.

New research by Eve Dickson and Rachel Rosen @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social reveals the impact of lack of state financial support for children in migrant families. Read their new piece in Children and Young People now: tinyurl.com/3r9wuwp5 #NRPF #destitution #children #migration

Welcome to the Shadows research project, which will investigate the deep and enduring effects of #NRPF on the lives of families and unaccompanied young people with insecure migration status in England.

Read about our project, team & partners here 👇 nrpfintheshadows.com