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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 7d

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.
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#ShabanaMahmood
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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.

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I-CLAIM Project @iclaimeu.bsky.social · 8d

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.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 11d

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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LSE EUROPP Blog @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 22d

New research finds that narratives around irregular migration differ significantly across Europe, leading to inconsistent policies and a fragmented approach to governance.

✍️ Bastian Vollmer & Markus Rheindorf @iclaimeu.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

How Europe talks about irregular migration – and why it matters

Narratives around irregular migration in Europe vary significantly between different countries, leading to inconsistent migration policies.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 15d

Another, more decent and less biased journalist could tell a very different story from the same facts.
Instead, the BBC’s coverage of the UK’s #asylum system is crafted to pour fuel on the fire of anti-immigration Farageism

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

Illegal working and streams of taxis - BBC gains rare access inside asylum hotels

Asylum seekers and hotel staff at four hotels revealed what daily life is like for them.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 29d

A new day, a new minister, a new ‘solution’ – speaking to @lbc.co.uk and @bbc5live.bsky.social about Shabana Mahmood's first migration 'solution' after less than 24h in office share.google/z2jhpHXqb9ou...

A new day, a new minister, a new ‘solution’

I spoke to LBC’s Tom Swarbrick about Shabana Mahmood’s first day as Home Secretary. Unsurprisingly, migration was front and centre — and she already claimed to have the solution. What struck me dur…

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Aug 26

Where are the UK's asylum seekers from? | UK News | Sky News share.google/jdEquTlr6JmN... - It includes words from me

Where are the UK's asylum seekers from?

With rising numbers of people claiming asylum, the government and some opposition parties say that more people should be 'returned'. But who are the people they are talking about deporting?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Aug 20

Rwanda could have become an answer for between 4 (0.004%) or up to 300-500 (0.3% - 0.5%) if fully operationalised for a year of the 85,839 asylum cases pending at 30.6 2024 but it would not if introduced had any answer for over 85,339 (99.5%) of those 85,839 cases

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Aug 21

Spoke to Johnny L'Anson @bbc5live.bsky.social on #Epping #asylum hotel ruling and the challenges to move to an asylum system that doesn't rely on hotels and huge private contractors but is built together with local authorities.
From 10.37

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tony Livesey - With Johnny I'Anson - BBC Sounds

Johnny I'Anson sits in with late night conversation and in-depth interviews.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Aug 20

You read this and won't believe that the whole madness of asylum hotel was born and bread under the Tories.

More asylum hotels face legal challenge after court ruling - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More asylum hotels face legal challenge after court ruling

Nigel Farage says Reform UK-controlled councils will do everything in their power to close the hotels.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Aug 20

Excellent article by @bbcdomc.bsky.social on the context of #Epping high court ruling and its possible consequences on the UK's approach to asylum accommodation

BBC News - Difficult decisions lie ahead after asylum seeker hotel ruling
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Difficult decisions lie ahead after asylum seeker hotel ruling

The High Court ruling follows an unprecedented backlog in people waiting for a decision on their cases.

www.bbc.com

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · Aug 19

Nando Sigona interviewed by @ipaper.bsky.social on the redevelopment of Mansion #asylum centre.

Home Office cuts back plans to revamp scandal-hit Manston asylum centre inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Home Office cuts back plans to revamp scandal-hit Manston asylum centre

Ministers slash budget for transfroming Manston migrant processing centre from £2.7bn to £990m and postpone upgrade till 2029

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · Aug 16

'The food delivery sector is no longer just a site of informal economic survival for precarious migrants' - @nandosigona.bsky.social & @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social on 'a new mode of migration governance' merging algorithmic control and immigration enforcement www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Delivery riders at mercy of algorithms and immigration raids

Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

www.opendemocracy.net

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · Aug 14

Speaking to @markaustintv.bsky.social on Sky News on irregular boat crossings and the Labour government's response, @nandosigona.bsky.social says that one of the reasons why immigration policy fails is because they have little control or influence on the root caused of migration.

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · Aug 14

"From ‘smash the gangs’ to ‘smash the workers’"

Important read from @nandosigona.bsky.social and @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social on how this government’s war on illegal work is making it harder for migrant workers to survive.

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

Delivery riders at mercy of algorithms and immigration raids

Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

www.opendemocracy.net

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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants @jcwi-uk.bsky.social · Aug 8

The British immigration system doesn’t just enable exploitation - it is built to enforce it.

We urgently need a system rooted in fairness, which protects people, not profits, and which allows them to live and thrive.

From research by @iclaimeu.bsky.social.

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

Delivery riders at mercy of algorithms and immigration raids

Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

www.opendemocracy.net

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Aug 8

From #smashthegangs to ‘smash the workers’

Extract from our @opendemocracy.net piece drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social research

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

Delivery riders at mercy of algorithms and immigration raids

Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

www.opendemocracy.net

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Aug 7

#Deliveryriders caught between algorithms and #immigration raids
new piece drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social research with @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social

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

#KeirStarmer #Labour #YvetteCooper #immigrationenforcement #Deliveroo #UberEats #gigeconomy

Delivery riders at mercy of algorithms and immigration raids

Migrants denied right to work turn to exploitative delivery apps to earn cash, but the government is cracking down

www.opendemocracy.net

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Jul 24

Great to see our @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings cited in @financialtimes.com

‘Account for rent’: UK seeks to curb illegal work in food delivery sector - on.ft.com/4m8T7Ke via @FT

‘Account for rent’: UK seeks to curb illegal work in food delivery sector

Increased data sharing between government and companies follows concerns checks are being flouted

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Jul 31

Great to talk to @iaindale.bsky.social for this episode of @lbc.co.uk The Whole Show on #immigration open.spotify.com/episode/6261...

Is Immigration behind community tensions?

Iain Dale - The Whole Show · Episode

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Jul 24

The UK wants (cheap and docile) labour no (family) ties attached. My op-ed for @uk.theconversation.com based on our @iclaimeu.bsky.social recently published reports.
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...

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I-CLAIM Project @iclaimeu.bsky.social · Jul 23

'Til the Home Office do us part: new piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social drawing on the @iclaimeu.bsky.social study on the working and living conditions of migrant workers in food delivery and domestic work in the UK
theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...

How the UK’s immigration system splits families apart – by design

Barriers to migrants’ family life are embedded in the UK’s immigration system.

theconversation.com

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Jul 20

Research exposes structural exploitation of #migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors made worse by #immigrationsystem under Labour
superdiversity.net/2025/07/17/r...

Research exposes structural exploitation of migrant workers in UK domestic and food delivery sectors

Reports document the lived experiences of migrant workers experiencing legal vulnerability in the UK’s food delivery and domestic work sectors A team of researchers at the University of Birmingham,…

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · Jul 9

I attended a conversation with @iomchief.iom.int at @odi.global yesterday, the word #displacement was used so many times that by the end of it I thought I was listening to @unhcr.org chief.

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