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UK Govt plans to reverse immigration detention closures. iNews reports the first phase of this will cost over a whopping £170 million, just to get 2 old sites habitable again. The winners are the big multinationals, the losers are the rest of us. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

UK faces a refugee homelessness emergency, with a massive 99% increase just this year. If granted refugee status people have just 28 days to move out of asylum accommodation. Combined with a housing crisis & work ban, the results are sadly predictable. insidehousing.co.uk/home/refugee-a…

The evidence is clear. Closing borders & routes of movement are acts of national self-harm. On top of the harm to communities, families, and individuals.

We’ve reimposed visa restrictions on Colombia because we had a small rise in asylum claims. This is exactly how our border policy drives irregular migration. Have to be here to claim asylum, but any suspicion you’ll claim asylum we won’t let you get here safely.

The UK's asylum & immigration systems are notoriously labyrinthine & ever-changing. Forcing people to try & navigate it without legal support is a clear travesty of justice & inevitably puts lives at risk. Restoring legal aid is urgent.

Call for papers also available in english : Masculinities in Migration journals.openedition.org/remi/27089 Melanie BE Griffiths Ulrike Krause (@ulrikekrause.bsky.social) Paul Scheibelhofer @Matthia84896339 Institut Convergences Migrations Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales Schmoll Camille

This is very bad news.

Are you a new and emerging scholar? If yes, consider applying for our award! Deadline: 31 January 2025 genderplaceandculture.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/gen…

As Labour forge ahead with the Conservative plan to ramp up UK immigration detention, it's important to assess the current state & costs of the estate. Luckily the updated MigrationObservatory briefing by Peter W. Walsh & I has just been published! Geography Birmingham College of Life and Environmental Sciences Uni of Birmingham UniBirmingham News

NEW REPORT: 2024 was the deadliest year on record for Channel crossings. At least 69 people lost their lives trying to reach safety in the UK. 🧵👇 1/7

"These deaths are not inevitable. The Government needs to take a different approach if it is to ensure everything possible is done so that 2025 does not see a repeat of last year’s devastating loss." Read the full report and recommendations below. 7/7 refugeecouncil.org.uk/information/re…

Job Opp! the brilliant (and sadly crucial) organisation Right to Remain is looking for a part time Finance and Operations Manager. Deadline 27 Jan. Please share widely!

Migration/refugee NGOs! Is there a smallish piece of research you sometimes wish someone would do? A friend doing a Masters in Global Development and Humanitarian Practice would like to do their MA dissertation on something useful to the sector. Any ideas welcome!

"The ultimate truth of the world, is that it is something we make, and could just as easily make differently." (David Graeber 2024)

Legal bods! Do you have any suggestions for how a friend can respond to HO requests for ID for a long residency claim? They've been in the UK 23yr and have no ID whatsoever. HO threatening not to consider application without ID... Presumably this is a common situation?

Join us IRiS on 22 May, 1-2.30pm (UK) for this hybrid conversation on States of Ignorance: Governing Irregular Migrants in Western Europe Speakers: Christina Boswell Emile Chabal (also: emile-chabal.bsky.social) Mike Slaven Discussants: Melanie BE Griffiths & myself eventbrite.co.uk/e/states-of-ig…

Job opportunity! Uni of Birmingham are recruiting a 1yr Teaching Fellow in Anthropology. Deadline 2 June. Please circulate. jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB473/tea…

At a time of such mainstreamed xenophobia, it's more important than ever to support brilliant organisations like Right to Remain. Please donate or support their Legal London Walk on June 17th! londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/right-to-re…

Please support the Right to Remain London Legal Walk on Tuesday! They will walk 10km to raise ££ to continue their vital work challenging immigration injustice. In the wake of Labour's White Paper, the work is more import than ever. Please donate & share londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/right-to-re…