The EU Asylum and Migration Pact was agreed just now. Of course, migration will continue, it always does. And the implementation of this pact is more than questionable. Still, this is a dark day for all who struggle against racist border violence. #CEAS #EUMigrationPact

Finished your PhD, ready to lead your own project? Interested in my mentorship for Marie Curie Fellowship application UCD Sutherland School of Law? Please email me to discuss. Previous success with MCF with @GraBaranowska and her great MIRO project Centre for Fundamental Rights - Hertie School

Advertisement of the special vacancy notice at the IOM Country Office for Austria, open to internal and external candidates: Research Associate. Send your application to [email protected] by the deadline of 14 July 2024. austria.iom.int/sites/g/files/…

⏰Next monday BIM: Book Talk with Sahar Sadeghi: “Conditional Belonging: The Racialization of Iranians in the Wake of Anti-Muslim Politics.”👇

إن ما بدأ هذا العام كخطاب شعبوي حول منع السوريين من التعليم قد أصبح الآن واقعا يقاسيه أطفالهم. لن يؤدي هذا الواقع إلى تقليل عدد السوريين في لبنان، بل إلى حرمان مزيد من الأطفال حقهم في التعليم وتفاقم التحديات الاجتماعية. نستعرض في هذه تحديات وصول السوريين للتعليم في لبنان:

Very happy that ERC is funding my project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors.

Call for abstracts IMISCOE 2025 "Life and migration: Decentering migration from the life aspirations of (potential) migrants" ⚠️Deadline 16 September (Please share 🙏🏼) Organized by Naiara Rodriguez-Peña and me. migration.prio.org/news/102 IMISCOE PhD Network Reflexivities in Migration Studies - IMISCOE SC Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE)

In Lebanon, Israel’s bombing has triggered a surge in internal displacement. Many of those fleeing have been displaced from elsewhere: Lebanese recently uprooted from the border; Palestinian refugees from decades past; Syrians forced to flee more times than they care to count 🧵

In a war zone, an unexpectedly big part of the challenge is to reassure anguished friends and relatives abroad. It can be excruciating to watch from afar. But the ensuing anxiety can also make things more difficult for those on the ground. 🧵

كل سوريا، كل الحرية

The speed at which people run home... Let it be a lesson to all those lazy thinkers, within European governments and beyond, who back bankrupt regimes as the answer to their obsession with migration.

Today I went to write a colleague in Damascus, with whom I've long observed a simple security protocol: I WhatsApp her one word—"مرحبا"—and wait for her to reply at a safe time and place. I realized I could just send her a normal message. And then I cried. 🧵

🧵🚨 HTS and its governance model: 1- One of my biggest regrets is not turning my PhD thesis on HTS and its governance model into a book. The topic remains critical for understanding how HTS has reached its current position and how it will likely act moving forward.

Latakia and Tartous are often framed as Alawi “strongholds” of Syria's fallen regime. This narrative obscures as much as it illuminates, in a region as complex as any other. Some excerpts from a 2021 Synaps memo, with insight from my brilliant colleague @Lina53968437 🧵

A few Syrians shared with me that they were surprised to see what they thought were casual chats with foreign journalists quoted in reports. A reminder: ethical principles—such as informed consent & explaining the purpose & potential use of interviews—apply in Syria as elsewhere.

Our statement on the #Tadamon massacre. A. Shahhoud

“How do different segments of the Syrian diaspora in Germany mobilize to address issues related to Syria and their host country?” ✍️ Lina Omran and Irene Tuzi in a comprehensive report on Syrian diaspora mobilization in Germany bit.ly/3E82hWS

📣 Postdoc vacancy! I am looking for a qualitative postdoc (3 years, 100%) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement, 85%) and my project #SYREALITY (Syrian Imaginations of Europe meet Reality, 15%).

"لا أبشع من مواطن ملوّث ببقايا آماله وطموحاته.. لا يعامل من خدعه بصفته المسؤول بل يصب غضبه على من ثقب الفقاعة" جوزف سماحة

Thread. Politicians & commentators often say that refugees have an obligation to seek asylum in the first safe country that they reach. So let's take a look at that position.