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and it doesn’t seem to matter that the people involved, not the countries, have paid thousands of pounds to the British treasury (not to smugglers) in visa, NHS and education fees.

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe. Policy, Perception, and Precarity - I-CLAIM This report examines how race and racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe. Drawing on comparative research in Finland, Germany, Italy, the...

4 updates from IRIS.
➜Racial Logics of hashtag#IrregularMigration: new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on how race and #racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe:
in collaboration with @enareurope.bsky.social
i-claim.eu/project/raci...

A different path: the regularisation of migrants in Spain The Spanish model in today's anti-migration Europe

New piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social:
A different path – the #regularisation of migrants in #Spain.
At a time of rising xenophobia across Europe, Spain is charting a different course. What does it reveal about the failures of the wider European approach? www.meltingpot.org/en/2026/02/a...

UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age The number of people holding both British and EU passports increased significantly between 2011 and 2021.

New rules for dual citizens reflect how states are adapting citizenship to a digital age of control and surveillance.
👉 Read the full analysis on @theconversation.com UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age
theconversation.com/uks-new-pass...

Thanks for coming to the public library in Utrecht tonight where we screened the @iclaimeu.bsky.social commissioned video ‘Home-Delivered’ curated by Centrala and produced by Radu featuring food delivery workers’ experiences in the city

Documentary screening & discussion 'THE OTHERS' - I-CLAIM Join us on 23 March in Amsterdam for the screening of THE OTHERS, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and experts on dignity for migrant workers in Farm2Fork.

🎥 Join us 23 March in Amsterdam for the screening of THE OTHERS + a discussion with the filmmakers and experts on dignity for migrant workers in Farm2Fork. Free event — registration required. 🔗 i-claim.eu/documentary-...
This screening will be part of the final event of @dignityfirm.bsky.social

Immigration Status and Labour Conditions: Migrant workers in Agriculture, Delivery and Logistics, and Domestic and Care Work in Europe - I-CLAIM This report compares the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure residence status across agriculture, domestic work, and delivery sectors in six European countries. Based on 244 interv...

📘 New report: 'Immigration Status and Labour Conditions' examines how migrants with insecure residence status work and live in agriculture, domestic & care work, and delivery/logistics across 6 European countries, based on 244 interviews.
🔗 i-claim.eu/project/immi...

Spain's choice on migrants 'pragmatic' but data needs securing, expert says

Spain's choice on migrants 'pragmatic' but data needs securing, expert says - France 24 share.google/dtUoRaQ4lMf0...

Following a masked courier navigating Utrecht during a work shift, Home. Delivered. forces the viewer to come face to face with the realities of food delivery riders, based on research by @iclaimeu.bsky.social from the University of Utrecht.

Exhibition opening 05/01/26, Bibliotheek Utrecht, 19:30.

we have written extensively about this as part of the @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the irregularisation of migration in Europe, check out our publications: i-claim.eu/country-repo...

This is leadership, especially in these dire times when migrants are used as an easy punchbag from all sides of the political spectrum.

Need some help to understand what's going on in Trump's America? Listen to the #MAGA & #migration #podcast series hosted by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social

"This (co-authored with @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social) is from the Horizon Europe @iclaimeu.bsky.social project on the irregularisation of #migration which has taken so much of my time in the last three years", @nandosigona.bsky.social explains. zenodo.org/records/1748...

A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS @unibirmingham.bsky.social
We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2025 and share why it stands out for them.
Here's what they replied!
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research

Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in Netherlands - I-CLAIM This document outlines insights from the I-CLAIM public perceptions survey on irregular migration, which on what people in the Netherlands know about irregular migration, how they perceive it, and the...

New I-CLAIM publication
Based on survey research, we examine public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of irregular migration in the Netherlands. @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social @laurence-lessard.bsky.social @minke-hajer.bsky.social

🔗 i-claim.eu/project/publ...

Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in the UK - I-CLAIM This report summarises findings from the February 2025 I-CLAIM survey of 1,147 UK adults, exploring public knowledge of irregular migration, how people define it, and their attitudes toward irregular ...

Views on #irregularmigration are complicated. Academics always say so. But what if who we think #irregularmigrants are is deeply distorted by political and media narratives?

check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more.
i-claim.eu/project/publ...

Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.

From our previous work for @iclaimeu.bsky.social we know that media and political narratives are increasingly conflating regular and irregular migration. I've written about this recently here: theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...

This is a really important and much needed report on how the UK public view and understand #irregularmigration from @nandosigona.bsky.social and Laurence Lessard-Phillips @iclaimeu.bsky.social

S4 E4 Free speech for whom? Who Do We Think We Are?

What's the link between #freespeech, #bordering, and Trump's #MAGA project?

@michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I address this question in the latest episode of #whodowethinkweare #podcast with a special guest: Dr @hebagowayed.bsky.social

Listen, share, follow: whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in the UK - I-CLAIM This report summarises findings from the February 2025 I-CLAIM survey of 1,147 UK adults, exploring public knowledge of irregular migration, how people define it, and their attitudes toward irregular ...

What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration?
Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today

i-claim.eu/project/publ...

Strong opinions and wrong facts - new report reveals public understanding and attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK #mustread

We want global talents (but only if they are rich) Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham Last week’s intervention by a leading UK scientist over the prohibitive cost of visas raised an uncomfortable truth: Britain’s migration system is not — or is…

We say we want “global talent,” but what if our visa system only welcomes the wealthy?

Read more 👇

nandosigona.info/2025/12/08/w...

#globaltalent #visa #migration #Labour

UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds Obtaining an eVisa to prove their status or right to legally reside in Britain is causing migrants high levels of stress

Great work by @migrantvoice.bsky.social and researchers from Warwick University and Leicester University. Congratulations to former colleague @mariegodin.bsky.social who co-authored the report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers.

Useful reminder:
1) Migrant scientists already contribute to the NHS with their taxes like everyone. Abolish NHS supercharge!
2) why are only rich scientists welcome in the UK? What has wealth to do with science?

Colonial mentality is strong & alive

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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...

Who Cares? Migrant Domestic Workers and the Cost of Care

Who cares? Migrant domestic workers and the cost of care
New episode of Mobility, Work & Rights #podcast
ft. Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social , Rhacel Parrenas @rhacel.bsky.social , & Sabrina Marchetti
Hosts: @nandosigona.bsky.social & @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/5NjS...

Our @iclaimeu.bsky.social colleague professor Sabrina Marchetti reflects on the findings of our ethnographies with migrant domestic workers in Italy, Finland, UK and The Netherlands and what they tell us of domestic work today in Europe.

Who Cares? Migrant Domestic Workers and the Cost of Care

Who cares? Migrant domestic workers and the cost of care
New episode of Mobility, Work and Rights #podcast
ft. Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social, Rhacel Parrenas @rhacel.bsky.social, and Sabrina Marchetti
Hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social & me.

Listen & Follow: open.spotify.com/episode/5NjS...