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@irisbirmingham.bsky.social
The Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham, UK. Director: Prof @nandosigona.bsky.social
web: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/iris
blog: https://superdiversity.net
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There is a huge volume of submissions, reflecting how important, controversial and IMO vindictive and damaging these proposals are. Linked below

Good ones from @ippr.org, @ilonapin.bsky.social, @nandosigona.bsky.social & many others [2/3]

committees.parliament.uk/committee/83...
Home Affairs Committee - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Written evidence submission publications for Home Affairs Committee.
committees.parliament.uk
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Finally, our #MSCA Global Fellow @gulceozdemir.bsky.social's chapter on the 'Transnational Political Trajectories of Migrants' in Yurdakul, G. et al (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Intersectional Approaches to #Migration, #Gender, and #Sexuality doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Transnational Political Trajectories of Migrants
AbstractThis chapter explores the multifaceted drivers that influence migrants’ transnational political trajectories. By using intersectionality as an anal
doi.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This co-authored @scmrjems.bsky.social paper (incl. @profjennyp.bsky.social, Lisa Goodson, @sandrapertek.bsky.social) repositions kindness as a critical analytical lens for understanding recovery, agency and informal protection in forced migration contexts.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Encounters with kindness: everyday and extraordinary kind interventions in the lives of forced migrant survivors of SGBV
While much attention is given to understanding the nature of the sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) encountered by forced migrants, far less focus is placed on the actions and experiences that...
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This one is from @sandrapertek.bsky.social, it critically analyses the role of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIc) in assisting women in conflict and displacement, focusing on its political commitments and institutional capacities.
www.politicsandreligionjournal.com/index.php/pr...
Navigating Displaced Women’s Protection in the Muslim world: Analysis of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation | Politics and Religion Journal
www.politicsandreligionjournal.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This article, @oliviapetie.bsky.social says, draws on two case studies to explore how concepts of #hospitality, home, and unhome can be useful in understanding the use of hotel accommodation for #asylumseekers in the UK & the experiences of those living there doi.org/10.1386/hosp...
Exploring hospitality, hostility and (un)home in hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in the United Kingdom | Intellect
The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Home Office is unprecedented and requires specific attention. Utilizing hotels on such a large scale as longer-term...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My article, Jenny Allsopp explains, has been a long time in the making and it was a fun one to write. It celebrates the resilience of young asylum seekers and refugees.
doi.org/10.1080/1367...
What’s so funny about the European ‘migration crisis’? The use of humour among unaccompanied young migrants and refugees to assert agency and subvert authority in the face of a hostile reception regim...
This paper explores the use of humour among unaccompanied young migrants and refugees to assert agency and subvert authority in the face of a hostile reception regime. It explores how comedy manife...
doi.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Need a guide to decode the script behind UK anti-immigration rhetoric? This is your roadmap", @stefano-piemontese.bsky.social argues. It unpacks how #irregularmigration was constructed during one of the most turbulent periods in British politics (2019–2023). zenodo.org/records/1511...
The narrative construction of migrant irregularity in the United Kingdom
This report investigates the narrative construction of migrant irregularity in the United Kingdom across three primary domains: media, politics, and civil society. The research employs corpus analysis...
zenodo.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I enjoyed writing this chapter, @amartinsjr.bsky.social says. It demonstrates how ideas and moral justifications of deservingness are actively formed and renegotiated in migrants’ everyday lives.
migration.bristol.ac.uk/rethinking-m...
Rethinking Migration: Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race – Migration Mobilities Bristol
migration.bristol.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"In this book, we explore everyday experiences of war, bordering, and (im)mobilities, including actions of resistance in occupied territories, the loss of home and struggles to find housing, volunteering, and the traumatic responses", Irina Kuznetsova explains. www.routledge.com/Bordering-an...
Bordering and Mobilities in Ukraine: Inconvenient People in the Time of War
This book analyses how war and bordering impact daily life and mobility and immobility tactics. It brings to light the memories of people who were displaced from Ukraine’s eastern regions because of R...
www.routledge.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"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...
The irregularisation of migration and migrants' irregular condition: an assemblage perspective
This IRIS Working Paper develops the concept of irregularity assemblage to account for the heterogeneous, dynamic, and relational processes through which migrant irregularity is produced, sustained, a...
zenodo.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This co-authored paper (@profjennyp.bsky.social, @annapapoutsi.bsky.social, Lisa Goodson) examines the continuum of violence into refuge, showing how asylum systems generate conditions for #SGBV survivors which expose them to further interpersonal violence.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What's it like to live on the margins of contemporary Vietnamese society? @seb-rumsby.bsky.social asks. This paper compares two different groups amongst which I have conducted long-term fieldwork to explore shared experiences and common themes.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Social Mobility, Competition, Citizenship, and Brokerage on Different Margins of Vietnamese Society
An exploratory comparison of two marginalized groups of Vietnamese citizens – Hmong Protestants in Vietnam’s northern highlands and transnational labor migrants to Europe – reveals four themes of c...
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Let's start with the introduction to a Special Issue on #RefugeeSponsorship & Complementary Pathways edited by our refugee sponsorship research team. It’s the first of its kind focusing on these forms of resettlement outside of Canada.
doi.org/10.1007/s121...
Community Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways: Global Movements for Resettling Refugees Driven by Local Actors - Journal of International Migration and Integration
The ongoing global displacement emergency characterised by increasing numbers of forced migrants needing refuge has prompted the exploration of alternative solutions to traditional refugee resettlemen...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM