Peter Rees

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I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely!

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‘Most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent suicides’: Human capital and endogenous mortality in Gary Becker’s work Chicago School economist and Nobel Memorial Prize winner Gary Becker writes that ‘most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent “suicides” in the sense that they could have been postponed if more re...

Check out the brilliant @cibled.bsky.social in @econsocjournal.bsky.social on the extremes of Becker's human capital theory & its normalisation of inequality.

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An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale.

Fighters from the Rapid Support Forces have filmed themselves committing mass killings in Darfur’s El Fasher – even as their leaders sat in US-sponsored peace talks.

The city’s fall marks a new horror in Sudan’s war, reports journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Gouja. ⬇️

Really looking forward to this!

Perfect timing. I ordered the book this morning!

Yesterday @alarmphone.bsky.social documented what appears to have been a pushback in the Channel. I am not clear on all the details but pushbacks are prohibited under international law.

More completely predictable and needless loss of life in the Channel. What really worries me is the rise of the so-called "super dinghy". This weekend saw a record 125 people in one boat. These are flimsy, unseaworthy, vessels. I worry it's a matter of time until there is a much larger shipwreck.

Together, we can create a kinder Britain - place of solidarity, not hostility towards people crossing the Channel. #RefugeesAreWelcome #Refugees

Thanks!

Is it too late to add @channelmonitoring.bsky.social? Thanks

Is it too late to add the new organisation @channelmonitoring.bsky.social to this starter pack? Thanks

To launch our new book we are organizing three webinars this fall.

The first on Sept 30 will address the enduring impacts of colonial legacies on the governance and treatment of refugees in non-signatory states.

Sign up here and do help us spread the word!

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We monitor the Channel and Kent's coast to record government actions and search and rescue incidents. Accountability protects lives. Please share to spread awareness. #Support #RefugeesWelcome

#HumanRights extend to people seeking safety. Depriving the #rights for those entering by dangerous routes is wrong. Demand safe #migration routes!

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📣 Important Launch Today 📣

A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. 🌊✨

👉 Please support them by sharing this post and giving them a follow. Your voice helps amplify theirs.

My colleagues Rachel Ibreck, Souhayel Weslety and I wrote a field reflection titled ‘The “UNFAIR” refugee agency: UNHCR accountability after protests and violence’ based on fieldwork researching refugee-led protests at UNHCR offices in Cairo, Tripoli and Tunisa.

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We drew upon interviews with refugees, participant observation at protests and online, and a workshop with legal practitioners. Huge thanks to all of our collaborators, we learned so much from them and without whom it wouldn't exist. The name comes from @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social's UNFAIR campaign

My colleagues Rachel Ibreck, Souhayel Weslety and I wrote a field reflection titled ‘The “UNFAIR” refugee agency: UNHCR accountability after protests and violence’ based on fieldwork researching refugee-led protests at UNHCR offices in Cairo, Tripoli and Tunisa.

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The ‘UNFAIR’ refugee agency: UNHCR accountability after protests and violence Abstract. Urban refugees increasingly resort to sit-ins outside United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offices because they lack avenues for accountability.

Great piece by Peter Rees, Rachel Ibreck and Souhayel Weslety on UNHCR and our UNFAIR campaign.

@unhcr.org @iom.int @davidyambio.bsky.social @infomigrants.net
Give it a read⤵️

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Thanks for all the excellent work by the @laboescapes.bsky.social conference organisers. I had a great time in Milan last week presenting the paper "The Transversal Heritage of UNHCR Protests" that I co-authored with my colleagues Rachel Ibreck and Souhayel Weslety. 🇮🇹 🍝

Vessels of Solidarity: The Material Politics of Civil Sea Rescue Ships This article theorises ships as material carriers of transversal solidarity, based on the specific case of civil sea rescue vessels in the Mediterranean. My argument derives from eight months of fiel...

I highly recommend this article by my friend and occasional co-author, Antje Scharenberg, on ships and the material politics of solidarity with maritime migrants.

RNLI crew makes no apologies for saving migrants' lives in English Channel It says it has saved the lives of 58 people crossing the Channel

Appropriately timed piece by the BBC today.

"When our pager goes, we're not thinking anything political. We're all thinking about people... That's what drives us beyond any moral or civic responsibility... We're there to help people in their most distressing times."

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We treat Channel crossings today as exceptional, and the RNLI is called a "migrant taxi service." However, people have long sought refuge across the Channel. On this day in 1939, two German refugees were rescued in the Channel by the RNLI and brought to safety in the UK.

We treat Channel crossings today as exceptional, and the RNLI is called a "migrant taxi service." However, people have long sought refuge across the Channel. On this day in 1939, two German refugees were rescued in the Channel by the RNLI and brought to safety in the UK.

Title page of my new report: No Way Home? It is time to remove management of immigration from the Home Office

It's time to abolish the Home Office.

It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already.

So I looked into how it could practically be done for
@carladenyer.bsky.social

My NEW report out today 👇👇

The report recommends:

- Splitting the department into two
- Introducing much stronger checks on the powers of the Home Secretary
- Ending the politics that pursue hostile headlines at the expense of evidence & human rights

carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/