As a Bostonian, saddening to see hope invested in a 'party' with no interest in seriously addressing the challenges the town faces: "pandering to xenophobia does nothing to halt the far right, it simply pushes the political conversation in it's favour". theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This damning piece by Liberty Investigates / Prospect highlights the harm of institutional asylum accommodation, the millions being made by private contractors off our broken asylum system, and the need for people to be housed in #CommunitiesNotCamps 👇👇 prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/polic…

A new reading list on understanding British Racism & how to fight back 🔖 plutobooks.com/racism-in-brit… 20% off the books until 16th August

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Thanks @Sarah_Hughes90 & Olivia Sheringham for putting together this interview on "Systems of Suffering", was an enjoyable discussion of how asylum accommodation has developed in the UK and the potential for transformative change, radical care, and solidarity Pluto Press Geography at Durham

✨NEW ISSUE OUT NOW✨ #112 Affect and Ideology, guest edited by Anna J. Secor and Ben Anderson Helen F Wilson Jesse Goldstein Philip Conway @DrCarolynP Derek Ruez @dan_cockayne Helen Graham Kai Bosworth Illan rua Wall Lots of free to download content: journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformations/…

Large detention and asylum sites - often remote former prisons and military bases - isolate people, damage their health and limit support. We urge this government to stop wasting money on these sites and provide community-based accommodation instead.  telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/0…

Two permanent Assistant Professorships in Human Geography! With expertise in geographies of nature, climate change, & just and sustainable futures

New OA paper with Andrew Burridge on the role of hotels as adaptive spaces of asylum, thinking through the cultural politics of the hotel as a specific site of 'carceral hospitality' in the UK and Australia Geography at Durham RGS-IBG Higher Ed rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

We're scrutinising the current state of the asylum accommodation system. We'll take evidence from Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Bolt on his recent inspections, and researchers in asylum policy. Watch on Parliament Live, Tuesday 18 March at 2.30pm. 1/2

Witnesses from 2.30pm: Sachin Savur, Institute for Government Dr Lucy Mort, Institute for Public Policy Research Professor Jonathan Darling, Durham University From 3.30pm: David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d5…

📢New paper published in TIBG by Jonny Darling and Andrew Burridge 📢 'Hotels, refuge, and the rise of carceral hospitality'. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/tran.7…

During our evidence session investigating asylum accommodation, Prof. Jonathan Darling of Durham University discusses how he feels the Government's focus needs shifting in order to affect change in the current system 👇

Check out this new book by our very own Ivan Markovic Ivan Marković. You can also listen to Ivan speaking about the topic and his book on BBC 4's Thinking Allowed programme: tinyurl.com/3fhxsuv9

Job opportunity Geography at Durham - Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human Geography (Job Number: 25000340) closing date for applications 11.59pm on 23rd April 2025 tinyurl.com/656may4z

Great to see Durham Geography's Helen F Wilson on urban kittiwakes and coexistence featured in today's Guardian! The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on Britain’s towns theguardian.com/environment/ng…

A short piece from me on the politics of 'asylum hotels' in Britain and the challenges for government in finding alternatives amid a range of social and political pressures: theconversation.com/how-the-uk-bec…

These comments build on a recent Conversation piece looking at how the UK has become reliant on hotels to accommodate asylum seekers and what can be done to fix a failing accomodation system: theconversation.com/how-the-uk-bec…

I was on BBC's AntiSocial at the end of last week discussing the growth of asylum hotels in Britain, the history of dispersal, and the importance of community-based housing for asylum seekers (at the 40min mark) Geography at Durham Durham University bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Commentary on asylum hotels considering how govt can develop dignified community-based housing that meets multiple social needs. Warehousing people in camps and continuing a failed experiment in privatisation will cause nothing but further harm Durham University theconversation.com/after-the-eppi…