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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · 5d

I have joined as a series editor for the Palgrave Studies in Race, Ethnicity, Indigeneity and Criminal Justice. More details here: link.springer.com/series/15777

Feel free to get in touch via email to discuss your ideas and/or if you are thinking of putting in a proposal.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 11d

The issue is not whether 'Britain is far right' but why far-right politics have become so normalised

Rather than accepting this is a bottom-up, people-driven push, I argue that we must look at those who have the power to shape the agenda and public discourse

www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

Is Britain far right?

Do most people in Britain really sympathise with far-right views? As Reform UK rises in the polls, we asked the experts.

www.bigissue.com

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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 19d

For those in London

Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey You'll 🙂✊🏾

"No Release" - a film based on my recent BA project on immigration GPS ankle monitors, directed by amazing Sînziana Cojocărescu, is going to be screened at the BLOC cinema QMUL, on 22nd September. More details and registration link below.

dandelion.events/e/no-release...

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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 20d

But... Great to be in great company : @monish.bsky.social whose work I admire so much! and so many promising early career scholars and some more established ones.

Yes it was @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
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Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to the organizers of the British Society of Criminology Midland group Symposia on politics, harm and justice for inviting me to speak about war and punitive emotions, as keynote speaker. A sad reminder of the centrality of war in criminology in these dark times.
But

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey You'll 🙂✊🏾

"No Release" - a film based on my recent BA project on immigration GPS ankle monitors, directed by amazing Sînziana Cojocărescu, is going to be screened at the BLOC cinema QMUL, on 22nd September. More details and registration link below.

dandelion.events/e/no-release...

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 21d

The deportation of an Eritrean man under 'one-in, on-out' has been halted by a judge after an NRM decision indicating reasonable suspicion he'd been trafficked. Charity Medical Justice say vast majority detained under scheme are torture and trafficking survivors www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK deportation of Eritrean man to France under ‘one-in, one-out’ halted by judge

The 25-year-old claims to be trafficking victim and won high court challenge in what may prove major blow to Labour policy

www.theguardian.com

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · 23d

NO RELEASE - A film based on my recent British Academy project on immigration GPS ankle monitors (aka tagging/electronic monitoring), directed by brilliant Sînziana Cojocărescu, is going to be screened at the BLOC cinema QMUL, on 22nd September. Free registration.
dandelion.events/e/no-release...

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey You'll 🙂✊🏾

"No Release" - a film based on my recent BA project on immigration GPS ankle monitors, directed by amazing Sînziana Cojocărescu, is going to be screened at the BLOC cinema QMUL, on 22nd September. More details and registration link below.

dandelion.events/e/no-release...

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Aug 18

Releasing at the end of 2025 (hopefully).

The Handbook of Racial Injustice and Resistance.

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Jul 1

30 chapters.
30+ amazing contributors.
300,000 powerful words.
24+months in the making.
AND we finally pressed that 'send' button and off it goes to the publisher.
What a pleasure it was to work with Thalia, Kathryn and Jason.

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Ed Wright @edwardjwright1.bsky.social · Jun 26

BSC regional group symposium 18th Sept 2025 at Uni of Nottingham. registration now open! Free for all to attend. Great speakers lined up, on theme of politics, harm and justice. Register here forms.office.com/e/qH3qgUNwQj.
@stephenfarrall.bsky.social @warrcrim.bsky.social
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Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · May 1

New work from the www.channelcrossings.org team!

We have been gathering a dataset of contracts that the government has with private companies related to Channel crossings. We are calling this the ‘border economy’. We have identified over £3billion worth of contracts...

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Visit the post for more.

www.channelcrossings.org

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Apr 3

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · Apr 3

It's criminal justice/crimmigration day in my 2nd year UG understanding 'race' & migration module. Thinking back to a year ago when lucky students had @monish.bsky.social deliver the lecture in person 🙌. Many were deeply affected & chose this topic for their final reflexive learning assessment.

Photo of journal header Bhatia, M. 2020 Crimmigration, imprisonment & racist violence: Narratives of people seeking asylum in Great Britain. Journal of Sociology 56(1)

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Mar 10

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Hannah Lewis @hannahjlewis.bsky.social · Mar 7

🔥Another vital contribution from @monish.bsky.social shining a light on the violence of 'everyday' detention practices and deportability on women. Not sure I'm exactly 'looking forward' to reading, more approaching with trepidation, but appreciation for this important work. #TheseWallsMustFall

Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · Mar 7

'Reproductive injustice in Britain: punishing illegalized migrant #women from the Global South and separating families' by @monish.bsky.social

From #Identities' International Women's Day Special Collection:
http://doi.org/10.10...

#IWD2025 @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · Mar 7

'Reproductive injustice in Britain: punishing illegalized migrant #women from the Global South and separating families' by @monish.bsky.social

From #Identities' International Women's Day Special Collection:
http://doi.org/10.10...

#IWD2025 @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Mar 6

Elon Musk, Nazi salutes and the reactionary redefinition of fascism.

What a stunning (and enraging) piece by @aaronwinter.bsky.social

Here's the link: www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...

Elon Musk, Nazi salutes and the reactionary redefinition of fascism

Bluesky: @identitiesjournal.bsky.social

www.identitiesjournal.com

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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · Mar 3

'Reproductive injustice in Britain: punishing illegalized migrant #women from the Global South and separating families' by @monish.bsky.social

From #Identities' International Women's Day Special Collection:
http://doi.org/10.10...

#IWD2025 @tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Feb 26

🔥🔥🔥Happening Tomorrow🔥🔥🔥
Online and free to attend.
Few tickets remaining.
Registration compulsory. Follow the link below 👇

Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Jan 27

🔥 Race and Justice Seminar 2025🔥

🚨The Fabrication of Homeland Security: Tracing policing entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel.
Speaker: Rhys Machold.

⏲️Thursday 27th Feb 12:00-13:30

🖱️Registration Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fabric...

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Vicky Taylor @vickytaylor.bsky.social · Feb 6

We argue that the proposed new offences will imprison more people trying to seek safety and a better life in the UK

This is already happening - over 550 people have been imprisoned 2022-24 for crossing the Channel.

@captainsupportuk.bsky.social works in solidarity with them.

Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · Feb 6

New on the blog!

@vickytaylor.bsky.social and Catriona Götz discuss the new offences on Labour's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration bbill, which would significantly expand the state’s ability to use criminal powers against those it labels as having played a role in ‘facilitating migration’.

“Security at the heart”: Criminalisation and Labour’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk

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ISA RC31 Sociology of Migration @isa-rc31.bsky.social · Dec 31

Member's new book!

Bhatia, M., Poynting, S. and Tufail, W. (eds) (2023) Racism, Violence and Harm: Ideology, media and resistance, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This book examines connections between racism, violence, and social harms...
#migration #sociology

Racism, Violence and Harm

This edited book examines connections between racism, violence, and social harms.

link.springer.com

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Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · Jan 16

Great new article by @monish.bsky.social in Critical Criminology:

“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain - Critical Criminology

This article contributes to understanding violence in deportation. Drawing on data from eight months of fieldwork conducted between 2015 and 2017 and interviews with asylum seekers and practitioners, ...

link.springer.com

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Monish Bhatia @monish.bsky.social · Jan 27

🔥 Race and Justice Seminar 2025🔥

🚨The Fabrication of Homeland Security: Tracing policing entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel.
Speaker: Rhys Machold.

⏲️Thursday 27th Feb 12:00-13:30

🖱️Registration Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fabric...

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