Migration Mobilities Bristol

Come and hear about the research journeys of our Co-Director Jo Crow and colleague Ed King next week!

Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s ‘systemic failure' – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained An independent inquiry found ‘systemic’ failures that led to the deadliest Channel crossing.

An excellent piece in The Conversation by MMB member Travis Van Isacker about the conclusions of the Cranston inquiry: 'Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s "systemic failure" – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained' https://bit.ly/4kGWvN5

'Why does the UK government spend so much money on "asylum hotels"?' – MMB Director Bridget Anderson starts our new blog series on 'Reframing Conversations' with this post on the housing crisis in the UK. More to come on how we can rethink public narratives!

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Why do employers matter in research on irregular migration?

The latest episode from the PRIME Project @mpc-eui.bsky.social, produced by MMB, is now available. Here Bridget Anderson talks to members of the team about why it's so important to include employers in research on irregular migration 👇👇
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If you're in Manchester on 12th Feb do go along to this lecture by MMB Director Bridget Anderson on 'Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship' - a topic more timely than ever. More info and a link to register here 👉👉
https://bit.ly/49L5nvO

MMB's latest blog post published today, looks back over 2025 and ahead to what we have in store this year. Do take a look and let us know if you have any ideas for ways we can work together! https://bit.ly/4bw6xhb

'By denying safe routes and pushing people into danger, states weaponize nature, outsourcing death to environmental conditions.' In the MMB blog, Marielys Padua Soto explains how the environment has become a necropolitical actor in global border regimes. Read the post here 👉 https://bit.ly/4pevm4N

Vigilante bordering in South Africa is recasting public services as checkpoints of belonging. Enocent Nemuramba writes for MMB about the implications for immigrant rights protection as self-appointed vigilantes takes it upon themselves to exclude non-citizens 👉👉https://bit.ly/48XRlru

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...

MMB Director Bridget Anderson talks to @nandosigona.bsky.social about her game-changing book 'Doing the Dirty Work? The Global Politics of Domestic Labour' 25 years after its first publication. Listen here 👉👉

The latest Home Office measures are not based on its own research. Its full report https://bit.ly/4nYnfbF shows that:
- Not all refugees are irregular migrants
- Many asylum seekers cannot ‘choose’ a destination country
- Of those reaching Europe, only a small percentage claim asylum in the UK

Immigration enforcement has a long and ugly history. We need to completely reframe our thinking. Listen to the MMB podcast, 'Migration Unboxed', to get some ideas on how to think differently. All episodes available here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4gTc2a8

Rethinking Migration Rethinking Migration - Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race; This collection investigates how to rethink migration without reinforcing it as a problematic subject. The book illustrates that conceptually based, critical and creative thinking is a...

Let's not pretend that the descendants of migrants and refugees are 'pro-migrant'. The cynical deployment of identity politics by the descendants of migrants and refugees is shameful. Read more in Ch 11 of MMB's edited volume 'Rethinking Migration' - free download here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/41DcovY

Looking forward to MMB's event this evening on how migration research can help build justice, in solidarity with our colleagues' teach-outs to support migrants across the world!

On seeing crossings: Dover/Calais is a collaborative visual essay by nine people from MMB and Multiple Mobilities Research Cluster, New York coming out of several field trips to Dover and Calais. https://bit.ly/4nqrgW5

If you're in Bristol tomorrow, come along to hear MMB Director Bridget Anderson at the Philosophy Salon discussing the question 'Do we have a duty to rescue?' with David Edmonds and Julian Baggini. Use code PHIL5 for a 50% discount when booking👉 @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4oJGK8U

'Coping with protracted migration crises: the role of international organizations in the Syrian and Venezuelan displacements' - Çağla Ekin Güner and Ana Margheritis write on this critical issue in this week's MMB blog. Read the post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/3IZ97ke

Have a listen to the new podcasts from the Centre for Sociodigital Futures - first episode features MMB Director Bridget Anderson discussing 'What sociodigital futures are being claimed?'

Migration is in the news every day - the word thrown about as if it's always meant one thing. But should we accept this meaning? In the Migration Unboxed podcast we question the use of the term and examine how it's become tightly bound up with state power. Episode 1 here 👉 https://bit.ly/46CvfZq

'Citizen geopolitics: understanding the role of migrant naturalisation in the transformations in the Middle East' - Palada Ziss writes in the MMB blog about the need to rethink what citizenship is and does in the 21st century 👉👉 https://bit.ly/46qJKQV

What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided? The recent Cranston Inquiry has shed light on the rescue operation that failed to prevent the deaths of at least 30 people in the Channel.

'What caused Britain’s deadliest "small boat" disaster, and how can another be avoided?' MMB's Travis Van Isacker brilliantly unpacks the Cranston Inquiry to show how the politics and violence of border controls continues to lead to tragic loss of life in the Channel:
https://bit.ly/41dEa1r

Five episodes of Migration Unboxed are now available, all disrupting conventional thinking on migration. Here are our guests from Episode 5, discussing the radically interdisciplinary Bristol Approach with host Bridget Anderson! 🎧 Listen to all episodes here👉 https://bit.ly/3J5BFbs

France signals willingness to discuss reparations for colonial massacres in Niger Exclusive: French government says it is open to dialogue but does not acknowledge responsibility in letter seen by the Guardian

Some of you might remember that we did a film screening of ‘African Apocalypse’ a few years ago. The film maker, Rob Lemkin, and this film have played an important role in lobbying the French Government to consider paying reparations for colonial massacres in Niger.

https://bit.ly/4mbrDUV

When it comes to migration governance, credibility matters 🤝

Join the Effective Migration Governance course to master the tensions, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s migration landscape.

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How did rulers in the Middle Ages control who entered and who exited their territories? In 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 @bristoldublin.bsky.social joins colleagues across the disciplines to think through new ways of understanding migration through the ages. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H

EU AI regulations position themselves as human-centred. But priorities shift when it comes to 'border security'.

Read the new blog post by Stefka Schmid and Julia Mahlberg ⤵️

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Lucy Donkin discusses the mobility of people and the portability of place in the latest episode of Migration Unboxed, drawing on her chapter in MMB's edited volume 'Rethinking Migration'.
Download the book for free here 👉 bit.ly/3TtigmE and listen to the full podcast episode here 👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H