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Nando Sigona

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Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity https://www.nandosigona.info https://www.i-claim.eu podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/ #runner .. more

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 3d

in theory, they are meant to be broadsheets targeted more or less to the same readership/demographics

Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 3d

A bit niche, I know, but I'm always amazed by how different the online cover pages of @theguardian.com and La Repubblica can be. The Italians must be obsessed with crime news (considering the number of murder stories covered per day).

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 3d

New research by @profjennyp.bsky.social and colleagues for a global #refugeesponsorship initiative
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/gl...

Global refugee sponsorship scheme could improve perceptions of refugees in the UK – research - University of Birmingham

The UK should develop a ‘global’ sponsorship programme to give all sponsored refugees the same rights and entitlements, according to new research.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 4d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

time.com

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 7d

Join us on 20 October, 4-5.30pm @unibirmingham.bsky.social for this IRIS public seminar by @nandosigona.bsky.social on #Migration & #asylum under #Labour. Discussant: David Stark.
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 8d

Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 8d

Exhausted by the avalanche of soundbites from #Labour dehumanising refugees and conflating asylum with ‘illegal migration’—a sign of a leadership that has lost any moral compass (assuming, generously, it ever had one).

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

Refugees to face longer route to settlement rights

Details of the new conditions refugees will have to meet are to be set out later in the autumn.

www.bbc.com

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 8d

IRIS Public Talks

20 Oct, 4pm Migration and #Asylum under Labour | @nandosigona.bsky.social

5 Nov, 4pm Making Sanctuary Cities | @rachelhumphris.bsky.social

5 Dec, 4pm The Shape of Belonging for Unaccompanied Young Migrants| Ozlem Ogtem Young

superdiversity.net/2025/10/01/m...

Migration, citizenship and belonging: IRIS seminar series

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. Pleas…

superdiversity.net

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 9d

'Graeme Atherton, head of the Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (Rise) at the University of West London, said the policy “is giving with one hand and taking with another” and will “exacerbate” the problems being faced by humanities and arts departments and disadvantaged students.'

Maintenance grants only for priority courses ‘deeply concerning’

Using financial incentives to influence student choice risk undermining Labour’s widening access goals, critics fear

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 9d

Rather than building cohesion, such insecurity risks producing the opposite: disenfranchisement among those left in limbo, and heightened suspicion among the wider public, who are encouraged to believe that migrants must continually prove themselves.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 9d

Some may even be “barred from indefinite leave to remain entirely”. This would create a class of residents allowed to remain (tolerated) but never able to settle or feel secure.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 9d

Who loses out?
👉 Parents with caring duties
👉 People in insecure jobs
👉 Migrants already working long hours in essential roles
All face prolonged insecurity — bad for families, bad for cohesion.
#labourpartyconference

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 9d

In the piece for @theconversation.com I argue that settlement used to recognise residence, contribution & community ties. Now it’s recast as a prize for those who can continually prove their “moral worth”.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 9d

Labour’s plan to make migrants earn permanent residency by doubling the wait to 10 years & adding new tests turns belonging into an endless exam.
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...
#ShabanaMahmood
#LabourConference

Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam

In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.

theconversation.com

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I-CLAIM Project @iclaimeu.bsky.social · 10d

Our Finnish study on domestic work & irregularity got national coverage in Helsingin Sanomat 📰
@lnare.bsky.social

👉 www.hs.fi/elama/art-20...

#MigrantWorkers #Finland #IClaim

Kotisiivous | Harva tietää, että kolme tähteä voi olla siivoojalle katastrofi

Ulkomaalaisille kotiapulaisille ja siivoojille pitäisi maksaa sama palkka kuin muille alan työntekijöille, sanoo sosiologian professori Lena Näre.

www.hs.fi

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 11d

@michaelacbenson.bsky.social Catherine Craven and myself look into the mobilisation of #EUcitizenship during #Brexit and its aftermath

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 11d

#Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice: From Grassroots Mobilisations to Supranational Political Opportunity Structures in the Struggle for Citizens' Rights

Journal of Common Market Studies
(@jcms-eu.bsky.social)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice: From Grassroots Mobilisations to Supranational Political Opportunity Structures in the Struggle for Citizens' Rights

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 t...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 12d

1/ There’s quite a lot of misunderstanding by good journalists about how right to work checks operate. It’s not illegal to work without having provided proof of your right, as James goes on to say later in the thread. And employers are not under a legal duty to conduct checks: ID is not mandatory.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13d

Not sure day one of the latest ID card rollout went very well at all, not least because the government couldn’t answer the absolute core question about why they’re being introduced.

The case is that digital ID will be required for anyone to get work. The problem is ID is already mandatory. 🧵

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 13d

If you ( a transactionalist rogue dealer) were trying to force Denmark to negotiate on Greenland, would you perhaps consider showing them with the help of 'professional actors' how weak their airdefense is without your military support?

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Danish drone attacks seem professional, says minister, but no evidence of Russian involvement

The incidents come after Copenhagen airport was forced to close earlier this week due to a drone incursion.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13d

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 13d

The first episode of #maga & #migration podcast series is finally out! @michaelacbenson.bsky.social and I talk to @rachelhumphris.bsky.social about her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book Making #sanctuarycities

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0ptn...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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