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Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social · 1d

If only we had defeated not only the Nazis but also nationalism...

I write about this in my article, "Postcolonial as the governmentality of immigration controls."

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Beyond Slavery @beyondslavery.bsky.social · 2d

Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand.

Aslı Salihoğlu and @cthibos.bsky.social kicking off our new series on refugee labour in the global economy ⤵️

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy

Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand

www.opendemocracy.net

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 2d

The Foundation's latest newsletter is out. Highlights:

❇️ Annual Lecture: Shahram Khosravi, Carin Runciman, Karolína Augustová, Tawona Sitholé
❇️ Ali Meghji & Iris Pissaride in conversation
❇️ Uncommon Sense lesson plans
❇️ Introduction to Podcasting – book now!

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Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 2d

New episode of #UrbanRadar!

In this month’s scan of global urban news, @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social discuss #HOMELESSNESS in the UK with @samburgum.bsky.social, before turning to the #UPRISING in Nepal with @simonrushton.bsky.social:

open.spotify.com/episode/56j1...

Radar 9: CONFLICT & URBAN TERRITORY - FROM UK HOMELESSNESS TO UPRISING IN NEPAL (+West Bank settlements, +witchcraft, +cars and more)

open.spotify.com

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 2d

In 2016 the UK government introduced a scheme to encourage employers to pay employment tribunal awards by threatening them with a fine if they didn't pay.

But of the £9.6million pounds in fines issued, only £95,000 has been paid - less than 1%.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

Employment tribunals: ‘scandal’ of toothless scheme to punish…

Just 2% of fines given to employers who disobey court orders have actually been paid

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Asylum Matters @asylummatters.bsky.social · 2d

"I wish those who spread hatred could spend just one week in Napier Barracks, cut off from work, isolated from society, uncertain of the future. Only then would they understand what it feels like."
www.bigissue.com/opinion/asyl...

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life is really like for asylum seekers

Refugees and asylum seekers are not a burden – they are people with skills, experiences and dreams with the potential to help communities.

www.bigissue.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2d

In fact this *understates* the point here.

Tory policy is not (just) to remove benefits but to remove ILR and deport, exactly like the Farage plan the PM correctly described as racist.

Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 2d

“Another part of the plan would limit benefits to people with UK citizenship, removing it even from those who have been in the country for years or even decades and have indefinite leave to remain”

If this is not xenophobia then I don’t know what is.
Sickening.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tories say people denied benefits in UK can return to home countries

Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cut

www.theguardian.com

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Sisyphus - Free 🇵🇸 stop apartheid - not in my name @car-py.bsky.social · 7d

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 7d

Our latest Sociological & Cultural Studies blog has just been posted. In it Karolina Benghellab discusses the hidden forms of violence and detention that are a deliberate consequence of Europe's increasingly militarised, and hugely costly, border regimes. Please read and share...

Tracing migration journeys in empty squats along the Balkan Route.

Karolina Benghellab discusses the real consequences of Europe's increasingly militarised border regimes.

www.gla.ac.uk

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d

follow for updates: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 7d

Hi GMIAU, I'm supporting someone to develop a project on age assessment & exploitation intersection at the moment. I'm sure they'd value hearing more about this Panel. Are there any resources/publications available from the speakers?

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Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit @atleu.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday, our brilliant Lindsay Cundall spoke at the North West Migrants’ Rights Conference, hosted by @gmiau.bsky.social and @gcnchambers.bsky.social. Events like this remind us why collaboration and solidarity are essential in the fight for justice and dignity for all migrants.

Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) @gmiau.bsky.social · 8d

Panel 3: Trafficking📫

We're listening to 3 speakers share their outstanding work in modern slavery and immigration across the legal and academic fields.

From sharing their experiences of bringing statregic litigation, and of client’s exploitation, to sharing landmark court cases, and so much more!

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 7d

This story is being picked by the Telegraph, GB News and the rest as I post, of course for the wrong reasons. It will be national news by tomorrow morning.

Solidarity to the teacher involved and shame on the school for not defending her.

Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk · 8d

The parent turned up at Broadoak School in Partington to complain and withdraw his his daughter

Dad arrested at school amid row over 'racist flag' lesson

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 7d

Cheat sheet for forthcoming Life in the UK tests ⤵️

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 7d

Huge news everyone it’s the 1950s!!

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 8d

Vital to intervene in conversations everywhere to calmly, respectfully introduce realities of the values of not only immigration but also emigration, and our reliance on new arrivals across the labour market. The public & political debate in recent weeks has become completely uncoupled from reality.

Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 8d

This sort of reality collision is going to happen over and over again so long as this government chases perceptions on immigration.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely right from Streeting.

But then government/Mahmood need to make crystal clear this applies to people who have arrived since 2021 and are working in NHS/care right now -and that government is not going to change the rules and leave them at the mercy of a future Reform/Conservative govt

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Gwyneth Lonergan @drglonergan.bsky.social · 9d

Only the migrants who can have children while meeting these conditions can be trusted to produce the next generation of self-actualising, autonomous UK citizens.

But seriously, during the research for my book, I spoke to a few women who planned their pregnancies around visa requirements.

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 9d

Among other things this looks like it makes prospective immigrants choose between coming to Britain and having a family. That really does seem like an experiment on the UK economy that hasn't gone through any institutional review board.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 9d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d

Migrants already "earn the right to settlement" through extortionate visa costs, which can run into tens of thousands of pounds. They prop up key services, including through the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 9d

'Assertions of misuse are incorrect. In reality, the opposite is true as the system is causing great harm to those it is supposed to protect.'

Excellent summary by @sonial77.bsky.social of damage done to modern slavery protections & how forced migration, forced labour & trafficking intersect.

Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 9d

Latest post from us: Briefing: is the modern slavery identification system in the UK being misused? | Sonia Lenegan

Briefing: is the modern slavery identification system in the UK being misused? - Free Movement

The Home Secretary has claimed (as have many of the last several of them) that the modern slavery identification process is "being misused" and has used this

freemovement.org.uk

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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 9d

Latest post from us: Briefing: is the modern slavery identification system in the UK being misused? | Sonia Lenegan

Briefing: is the modern slavery identification system in the UK being misused? - Free Movement

The Home Secretary has claimed (as have many of the last several of them) that the modern slavery identification process is "being misused" and has used this

freemovement.org.uk

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11d

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16d

The truth: we need migration.

The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it.

Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality.

Reject it. Draw the line.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20d

Thrilled to have @carolinehaskins.bsky.social on the show to talk Palantir! It’s been wildly successful under Trump, so it’s time to get a better idea of what it’s actually up to.

Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 20d

Palantir is thriving under Donald Trump, but what does the company really do?

This week @carolinehaskins.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss the tech Palantir sells to governments and companies and the ideology that guides its leaders.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/294_...

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · 19d

Good to see the new Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner Eleanor Lyons challenging damaging, unevidenced claims.

The number of claims rejected as 'bad faith' in 2023 was 13.

13. That's all.

A miniscule & entirely manageable issue, not the basis for ripping up human rights protections FOR ALL

Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 19d

Let's get some facts right. There is absolutely no evidence that migrants "abuse" the NRM. Want to know how many bad faith applications were made in the last quarter? 1, according to the government's own data.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK anti-slavery commissioner condemns Shabana Mahmood’s asylum comments

Home secretary’s remarks about ‘vexatious’ claims will have real-life impact on trafficking victims, says Eleanor Lyons

www.theguardian.com

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 19d

The govt knows perfectly well that many people arriving from France have been victims of trafficking/ modern slavery en route- Libya being a particularly egregious location for this- & it’s completely dishonest to suggest otherwise, or strip protections from victims to serve its Reform-lite agenda

UK anti-slavery commissioner condemns Shabana Mahmood’s asylum comments

Home secretary’s remarks about ‘vexatious’ claims will have real-life impact on trafficking victims, says Eleanor Lyons

www.theguardian.com

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 19d

Also, the framing of this BBC bulletin is so bizarre- ofc people are being sent to France by plane- so the only purpose of saying they’re going back by boat can be to imply a humiliating “send-em-back-the-way-they-came” fate for these unfortunate people

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19d

The main story on BBC 6 Music News this morning is that a ‘boat carrying migrants is on its way to France’

Delivered in the same upbeat tone as England winning the women’s Euros.

The migration ‘debate’ in this country is unmoored from reality, and the media-political complex is feeding it

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