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Reader in Migration Policy, University of Bristol.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
European Parliament's draft position on the proposed revised EU law on migrant smuggling is out - crucially states that humanitarian assistance cannot be a crime - www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume... - might not be accepted by majority of MEPs (the rapporteur is a German Social Democrat) 1/
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Can Frontex be held accountable for participating in allegedly illegal actions? Arguments at last week's CJEU hearing, summarised by Jan-Hendrik Seelow: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/hand... (thanks to @ourborderwatch.bsky.social)
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Hands On, Eyes Closed? CJEU Grand Chamber hearing on Frontex’s role in unlawful pushbacks (WS and Others v Frontex, C-679/23 P)
Jan-Hendrik Seelow , Dutch Council for Refugees* *The Dutch Council for Refugees has closely worked with the applicant’s counsel to supp...
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Warwick Sociology @sociowarwick.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Book launch: Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control - Colonial legacies and the experiences of migrants in Mexico by Erika Herrera Rosales   Date: Feb 26th, 2025 - 16:00 -17:00 UK, Online To attend, register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Derya Ozkul @deryaozkul.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🚨 New article from our AFAR project w @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
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Not on Our Border Watch @ourborderwatch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
On Tuesday, 4 February at 09:00, the CJEU Grand Chamber will hear a landmark case against Frontex, addressing the crucial question: Can Frontex be held accountable for its role in illegal pushbacks – a practice systematically employed at the EU’s external borders? We will cover the hearing live 🔊
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 01/02/2025
The discovery of 4,500 bodies buried on the site of a former Bristol workhouse in Stapleton reveals a haunting glimpse into Victorian poverty and resilience | Mike Jempson
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Unearthing lives of the forgotten: the Stapleton workhouse tragedy
The discovery of 4,500 bodies buried on the site of a former Bristol workhouse in Stapleton reveals a haunting glimpse into Victorian poverty and resilience
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Legal Centre Lesvos @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
🚨⚠️TRIAL ALERT: Palestinian refugee faces smuggling charges in Lesvos 6 February 2025 in Mytilene⚠️🚨 www.legalcentrelesvos.org #borderviolence #stopthepolicestate #endimpunity #endpushbacksnow
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Legal Centre Lesvos @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
🌍 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 '𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 #𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 #𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘' ✊ Over the next year we will publish a series of anonymised testimonies of #pushbacks, to show that behind every statistic, there is a person risking their life to reach #Europe. legalcentrelesvos.org/stories-of-b...
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
on italian & eu investment in drone surveillance: problems & costs of a militaristic & racist escalation that is misnamed as “migration policy” instead of “promotion of death, systemic crimes & discrimination to bury rights & the rule of law” irpimedia.irpi.eu/sorveglianze...
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I silenzi della guardia di finanza sui droni impiegati nel Mediterraneo
Sono in grado di decollare verticalmente dalle navi e saranno utilizzati lungo le rotte dei migranti. Non è chiaro in che modo. Quello che sappiamo dall’esempio di Frontex, però, è preoccupante: potre...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
1/ This goes beyond a criticism of the EU Digital Services Act (on the grounds that the US First Amendment should apply worldwide). It argues the EU should not apply its *competition* law to US tech companies on the EU market either. A rejection of the very idea of the EU regulation of its market.
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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our chapter 'No alternative but Europeanisation: slow violence and critical imaginaries in/from/with South East Europe' is now out in this important co-edited volume. Writing with @drdeiana.bsky.social and working with the editors and all the authors was a real treat — thank you!
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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I'm very excited to announce that my new book SUM OF US: A History of the UK in Data will be published this April by Bridge Street Press/ Little Brown. It feels very timely & future-facing considering it's a history book! I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reactions.
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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Doreen Massey, Athusserian Marxism, computational social science, urban policy and a twist of Mark Fisher: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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WHEN WE WERE ALMOST MODERN? Theory, methods and politics in The Centre for Environmental Studies, 1966–1975
This article re-examines the history of the UK Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) between 1966 and 1975. Using archival materials and interviews, the article details the role of the CES in attemp...
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Laura Hoyano 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @lhoyano.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Ab excellent opportunity to work and train in the world's most famous library. Go for it!
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Historians concerned about potential government plans to destroy millions of historical wills to save on storage costs www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
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Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts
Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years
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AnnSingleton.bsky.social @annsingleton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Register here for this online launch population-europe.eu/events/beyon...
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Beyond Uncertainty: Exploring Migration Futures | Population Europe
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Milo Kei @milokei.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Researchers @crossdale.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social, & @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social et al published on climate protest crack downs and unfortunately #auspol comes out on top of some worrying statistics. It isn't your imagination, we are being arrested more than other comparable nations...
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AnnSingleton.bsky.social @annsingleton.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Register here for this online launch population-europe.eu/events/beyon...
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Beyond Uncertainty: Exploring Migration Futures | Population Europe
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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · 13/12/2024
Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos #Refugees
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Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos • Sea-Watch e.V.
Der Beitrag Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos erschien zuerst auf Sea-Watch e.V. .
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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
As part of @biggive.bsky.social's Christmas Challenge, every donation made to INQUEST until midday 10 December will be DOUBLED! Help us to continue supporting families bereaved by deaths in police custody, prisons and mental health services. Please donate & share if you can bit.ly/biggive-2024
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British in Europe @britishineurope.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is taking evidence from individuals affected by the minimum income requirement (MIR). If you are a UK citizen living abroad with non-UK/Irish family members affected by the MIR please use this link to contact the MAC. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Family visa financial requirements
The MAC is calling for evidence from individuals and organisations to inform its review into financial requirements for family visas.
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Lucy Series @thesmallplaces.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Here's the debate from yesterday's vote on the Assisted Dying Bill. It's worth a read wherever you sit on this. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024...
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill' on Friday 29 November 2024.
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Sirpa Wrede @swrede.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Need to check this out!
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AnnSingleton.bsky.social @annsingleton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"An expert report commissioned by Die Linke from the scientific services in the Bundestag revealed the biggest obstacle...governments would have to decide to define the drowning of refugees in the Mediterranean as a ‘crisis’. Member states ..can only then activate the EU crisis response mechanism.."
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yashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
troubling www.statewatch.org/news/2024/no...
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Statewatch | France, Germany and the Netherlands push for EU-wide "tracking and bugging of vehicles"
Germany, France and the Netherlands are advocating for a reform of the European Investigation Order (EIO) to simplify cross-border surveillance of vehicles. A joint non-paper sent to other EU member s...
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Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🚨 The 4th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! This issue covers changes to deportation law and the effects of Frontex-led reintegration policies in The Gambia and Nigeria. It also makes over 15 documents from EU institutions public: buff.ly/4fH1Mkm
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Alison Harvey @aliromah.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Modern Slavery in the Fishing Industry - SOAS 29 November 2024. A super line up of speakers include my colleague Professor Parosha Chandran, and @vmantouvalou.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-sla....
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Modern Slavery in the Fishing Industry
Let's dive deep into the harsh reality of modern slavery in the fishing industry and explore ways to combat this widespread issue together!
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AnnSingleton.bsky.social @annsingleton.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/sep...
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Tony Bunyan obituary
Journalist and champion of civil liberties who monitored the state’s activities and provided a voice for marginalised groups
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
On tomorrow’s House of Commons order paper there’s a written statement with the title ‘Border Security and Asylum’. No idea what it will be on commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/884...
Screenshot of House of Commons order paper showing written statement with title Border Security and Asylum
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adriana romer @adrianaromer.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
A 39-year-old migrant was found dead on Friday (23 August) after the Greek coastguard opened fire on a vessel carrying migrants off the island of Symi in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities said. www.euractiv.com/section/migr...
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Greek coastguard fires on migrant boat, one dead
A 39-year-old migrant was found dead on Friday (23 August) after the Greek coastguard opened fire on a vessel carrying migrants off the island of Symi in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities said.
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Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
The immigration stats show how Labour inherited an asylum system that had ground to a halt as a result of the Illegal Migration Act. In the months before the election productivity was at its lowest since the height of the Covid pandemic, with the lowest numbers of decisions & interviews in 2 years.
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Grim insight into conditions of some delivery riders for companies like Deliveroo, with workers often making below minimum wage (because they’re classified as ‘independent contractors’) for long days unable to afford rents and living in a dilapidated encampment www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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‘I wouldn’t wish this on anyone’: the food delivery riders living in ‘caravan shantytowns’ in Bristol
Gig economy workers for Deliveroo and Uber Eats in the city are living in appalling conditions, while putting in long hours, earning low pay and facing mental health problems
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
Annina Van Neel (Environmental Officer for Saint Helena’s airport project) learned of the island’s most terrible atrocity - an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans. youtu.be/vtX1fZfEk-E?...
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A STORY OF BONES | UK theatrical trailer | IN CINEMAS FRIDAY 2ND AUGUST from TULL STORIES
YouTube video by Tull Stories
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