Important judgement since it recognises pushbacks as a *systematic* practice in #Evros - which civil society organisations, researchers and activists have been saying for years. Congratulations to all involved in the case - and Zübeyir Koçulu, the first to break the news here.

IMPACT! We’ve been investigating for yrs how people seeking asylum in the EU are being forced back by Greek forces. Now the European Court of Human Rights has ruled Greece illegally deported an asylum seeker to Turkey – & described a ‘systematic practice’ of pushbacks by Greece

Something about the #FACup always feels special! #YNWA

Turkish pushback survivor wins landmark case against Greece bit.ly/40uz2G8 | read more ⤵️

New co-authored article 🚨from our Senior Lecturer Gemma Bird 🧡 on Theorising the migration fix for New Political Economy 👇

🚨 HRLP reports on the horrific conditions witnessed in the Samos CCAC's 'safe zone', where unaccompanied minors reside. The space, initially designed to accommodate 200 minors, is currently hosting 485 children lacking clothes & shoes, and access to health & education services.

🚨Out today 🚨 Our report with Stanford Migration on the human impact of technology on Samos including Greece’s latest covert operation against asylum seekers: routine unlawful removal of phones by force upon arrival. The authorities deny the practice (1/2) ihaverights.eu/samos-border-t…

🔒#EU-funded Hyperion system controls access to the Samos CCAC using biometric data & ID cards. People must scan their fingerprints and/or biometric ID cards to enter, exit, or move within the facility. 🚨Our tech report w/ Border Violence Monitoring Network studied how this affects people.

Challenges of Conflict Transformation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a one-day hybrid conference at the University of Liverpool on Thursday 12th June 2025. Call for Papers and further information, including travel/accommodation bursaries, here: liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and…

A great listen, and a pleasure to be included in this conversation. Thanks for having me!

🎙️ E-International Relations X #BISA2025 podcasts 🎙️ With Kieran O’Meara⁠⁠⁠ and Marianna Karakoulaki speaking to : Roland Bleiker Nick Caddick Maxwin Paul Rayen Emanuele Errichiello David J. Wilcox Carmen Chas Gemma Bird 🧡 Jason Ralph and many more! 🎉 🎧 listen now - e-ir.info/category/featu…

Mass starvation is spreading in Gaza. Our colleagues and the people we serve are wasting away. It is time for governments to take decisive action and save lives: msf.org/mass-starvatio…

The British media keeps calling the situation in Gaza a hunger crisis, but this underplays the reality. What we are witnessing is a starvation crisis, this is an active choice not to deliver aid, not a passive outcome with an unknown cause!

They tried students and they tried care workers, but that wasn't enough. Now they're coming for families, kids, the ones fleeing war and torture and starvation. My impassioned thoughts on today's sickening family reunion announcement. open.substack.com/pub/notanother…

Summer reads!

Congratulations on your 100th year Cinema For All. Very pleased to be asked to speak at your gala in Sheffield this weekend. Cinemaforall.org

cambridge.org/core/journals/… My latest publication alert 🚨 Almost five years after I started working on this piece, it’s finally out

Pleased to share our new article in which we critically engage with the role that the “categories of migration” play in determining who does and does not “belong” in Europe and how they are changing. Thank you to the SI editors for including us in this important collection.