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The Institute for Research into #InternationalMigration & #Superdiversity (IRiS) @unibirmingham | Director @nandosigona
Birmingham, UK
Joined November 2012
✨ A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS ✨ We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2024 and share why it stands out for them. Here's what they replied! 🧵 #migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research
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Written by @nandosigona & Ilse van Liempt The #irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition draws on research across 6 European countries as part of https://t.co/z3RAQ4WuKb to propose a new way of thinking about migrant ‘irregularity’
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Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe https://t.co/Fwa2kPcIGs
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Our humanitarian and migration experts are working with @ICRC and @ifrc to create a blueprint to help Islamic philanthropists better contribute to transforming humanitarian responses for displaced women https://t.co/6dX64r2Hud
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So nice to have professor Rachel Humphris back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress book "Making #Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: https://t.co/aYVKkH6cdI
eventbrite.co.uk
Rachel Humphris discusses her new book on the sanctuary movement in a time of anti-immigration sentiments
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Catch up with the first seminar in our series. We discussed #migration and #asylum under #Labour with @nandosigona and David Stark
superdiversity.net
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 …
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Just sharing my article: “Refugees in Brazil: marginalised despite legal protections” 👉 https://t.co/UDscJS0Bi9 . Part of @openDemocracy series “Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy” @unibirmingham @IRiS_Birmingham
opendemocracy.net
Work in Brazil is precarious and exploitative for refugees – a situation long faced by marginalised citizens
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I woke up to this tweet, and this is how it made me feel. Sadly, I suspect that’s precisely the reaction the @ukhomeoffice was hoping for. https://t.co/cSq402PeBA
#Labour #immigration #Brexit #eucitizen
nandosigona.info
‘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 …
British workers must come first. We are ensuring employers now invest in homegrown talent by raising the charge on hiring foreign workers by 32%.
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Join us on 20 October, 4-5.30pm @unibirmingham (Muirhead Tower, 1150) for this IRIS Seminar by @nandosigona on: #Migration & #Asylum under #Labour Discussant: David Stark Register:
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Labour’s first year migration policy: tough on asylum, “illegal work” and net migration, shaped by riots, Reform and Brexit’s legacy.
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#Migration, Citizenship and Belonging - IRIS Public Talks @unibirmingham, Muirhead Tower 20 Oct, 4pm Migration and #Asylum under Labour | @nandosigona 5 Nov, 4pm Making Sanctuary Cities | @Rachel Humphris 5 Dec, 4pm The Shape of Belonging | @OzlemYoung
https://t.co/xdG1VbQRWL
superdiversity.net
We are delighted to announce our seminar series for this academic term. All seminars are free and open to the public. They will be held in Room 1150, Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham. In th…
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#Labour’s proposals divide society into the fully entitled and the permanently probationary. In this hierarchical system of belonging, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards not applied to British nationals #LabourConference2025
https://t.co/IdjOwuIm6u
theconversation.com
In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.
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We look at how shared #EUcitizenship became arguably for the first time the terrain for a large transnational social movement in response to #Brexit and what happened to it after the UK exit from the EU.
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#hotoffthepress
#Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice By @Michaelacbenson, C Craven and myself in the Journal of Common Market Studies Based on @_migzen_
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared European identity and belonging, catalysing pro-EU social movements among EU nationals in the United Kingdom and amongst British citizens residing in...
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The first episode of the #maga & #migration series of @AbtCitizenship is finally out! @Michaelacbenson & I talk to Rachel Humphris about her new @stanfordpress book Making #sanctuarycities Spotify: https://t.co/Osi3fKb2m1 Apple:
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Who do we think we are? · Episode
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Why does immigration so often become the scapegoat in times of crisis? This article explores the deeper dynamics at play — from politics to public trust. 👉 https://t.co/RDEoLVMQsz
#Immigration #Politics #Analysis
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#mustlisten #podcast on #migration and reproductive justice in a hostile environment with @IRiS_Birmingham Pip McKnight and hosted by Rachel Benchekroun https://t.co/E3SUPDwa0A
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Between Borders · Episode
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Next #SSAHE webinar Bordering/Mothering 9 October, 5-6.30pm (UK time) https://t.co/VFhtjefK4h
ssahe.net
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 …
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Great piece drawing on @iclaimeu study irregularisation of #migration in Europe by Bastian Vollmer & Markus Rheindorf
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Narratives around irregular migration in Europe vary significantly between different countries, leading to inconsistent migration policies.
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‘If they’re presenting it as a solution to irregular crossings, it’s not.’ The new Home Secretary proposes cutting visas to countries that refuse migrant return deals. Professor @nandosigona explains why it’s ‘tough talk but toothless’.
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No Safe Place to Say Thank You: Ambivalence and Belonging in Dina Nayeri’s The Ungrateful Refugee, by César Andrés Caicedo
worldliteraturetoday.org
César Andrés Caicedo analyzes Dina Nayeri’s memoir The Ungrateful Refugee (2019) in the context of its disruption of the tidy refugee story
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Next webinar: Bordering/Mothering, 9 October Launching new books by SSAHE authors Gwyneth Lonergan, Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson. Umut Erel will be the discussant, @nandosigona the chair. Register now!
ssahe.net
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 …
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