Megan Denise Smith

New Working Paper: Shaping European Borders Beyond Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Two Spanish Borderscapes.' We explore the #Canary #Islands and the enclaves of #Ceuta and #Melilla. Read the full paper nccr-onthemove.ch/publications... #Migration #EU #Borders #Governance #Security #PolicyResearch

<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library Values are ideals of what is desirable for the individual, profession, organization, or institution. Institutional values attach to organizations because of their place in a political order, capturin...

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We read 9,000+ studies so you don’t have to. The result: a framework of democratic anchors that makes sense of values like accountability, transparency & equity.

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The Future of #Humanitarian #Aid - a good article from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative hhi.harvard.edu/news/2025/06...

The Refugee Abyss | Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes | Taylor & Francis eBo In defiance of the refugee abyss, this book presents the flesh of pained bodies and the breath of displaced voices, contributing to the thread of traces yet to

My book, The Refugee Abyss, is out today! Each page holds lives interrupted & stories that haunt our conscience. I invite you, dear reader, to engage with the displaced voices with utmost care & curiosity.
@uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgunescorila.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Has the world forgotten about the plight of the Rohingya? | Inside Story

Has the world forgotten about the plight of the #Rohingya? | Inside Story www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Np...

‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration

The alleged abuses at ICE facilities include “deaths in custody, physical and sexual abuse of detainees, mistreatment of pregnant women and children, inadequate medical care, overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions, inadequate food and water” & more:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."

The UN reports 1 million people in Gaza are facing emergency levels (IPC phase 4) of food insecurity and 470,000 people are facing catastrophic levels (IPC phase 5).

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Vaginas, Penises, and the Colonial Roots of Safeguarding Safeguarding is about ensuring the safety, dignity, and rights of individuals, especially children and vulnerable populations. However, I have not yet come across a language in my country and home, Ug...

"Safeguarding cannot be transformative if the language we use erases the people it's meant to protect."
www.unitededge.net/post/vaginas... #JusticeBasedApproach #DecolonizeSafeguarding #Language #Power #communitiesofcare #PSEAH #safeguarding

Opinion | The World Is Letting Gaza Starve

The World Is Letting Gaza Starve www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...

Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light | Alexis Petridis Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure

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Up until his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s goal was to ascend a stage one last time and thrill his fans.

When the subject of retirement came up in a 2020 Rolling Stone interview, Osbourne huffed. “Retire from what?” he said. “It’s not a job...." 🖤

Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral Thirteen arrested in Balochistan province for alleged involvement in the killing of a couple ordered by a tribal leader.

Pakistan arrests 13 suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral
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For over 14 years, people have speculated about why my father left South Park.

My dad did not quit South Park. Scientology did.

The narrative that he quit because he was offended by the satire is not true. My father never got to speak for himself because his health robbed him of that chance.

The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026 CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with President Donald Trump...

This is another nail in the coffin of free speech here. I hope that his contract will allow him to do another show somewhere else! #CancelParamount #BoycottCBS. apnews.com/article/step...

Watch this scene from ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ where Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walks towards Israeli tanks after having lost everything he loved.

Abu Safiya’s lawyer says he's lost over a third of his body weight due to starvation and torture.

Watch the full documentary: zeteo.com/p/watch-now-...

Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role The US-based consultancy has been condemned for its work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and for drawing up plans to relocate Palestinians.

Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

Reclaiming Windrush Square Brixton community charts future of public space - report from organisers of participatory workshops

Reclaiming Windrush Square: Brixton community charts future of public space - report from Henry Staples who co-organised participatory workshops with local partners.

Full story at @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

Hard to imagine a worse time to deport Afghan refugees, human rights advocates say There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Did Not Write to Be Agreed With. He Wrote to Awaken - Electric Literature Reflecting on a giant of Kenyan literature in the wake of his passing

Read Nyuol Lueth Tong’s essay on the work of the recently deceased great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who knew that language is the architecture of consciousness, and therefore of domination.

"She said that she asked to call her husband, whom she had not spoken to in 60 hours, ICE agents declined, she said, and told her that 'we don’t want legal counsel or teams involved [because] they’re going to start raising questions, and they’re going to know you’re being deported.'"

Terrible.

Hundreds rallying at Supreme Court demand Trump return disappeared gay asylum-seeker Andry Hernández Romero They rallied to bring the 31-year-old makeup artist back from CECOT in El Salvador.

The real & demonstrable efforts to free Andry & others imprisoned in El Salvador with no due process have gathered momentum, but, because they are denied any outside communication, none of them know. They must think they have been forgotten—but we will not forget.

www.advocate.com/news/hundred...

Happy #Juneteenth! 🤎🙏🏾✊🏾

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a grotesque theatre of cruelty The new aid scheme is part of a plan to strip Palestinians of their homes and dignity, and leave them to an uncertain fate, writes Nour ElAssy.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a grotesque theatre of cruelty: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Those who stay quiet now, in the face of this lawless President, will regret it. Like so many throughout history who stood silent as dictators worked to seized power.

Preserving the rule of law and our
Constitution is a job that belongs to all of us.

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson dead at 82 Brian Wilson was the co-founder and main songwriter of the Beach Boys.Wilson is one of the world’s most beloved and influencial musicians.

RIP to musical genius Brian Wilson. A huge loss. local21news.com/news/enterta...

Contributor: California's long history of National Guard overreaction to peaceful protesters In 1894, corporate and political leaders saw striking rail workers as insurrectionists. The public did not necessarily see things the same way.

Contributor: California's long history of National Guard overreaction to peaceful protesters