Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times? Let's interrogate Labour's asylum policy. Join us ONLINE for this event that we're organising as part of Refuge Week. 001
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Job opportunity at the University of Sheffield (UK) for a Danish speaking researcher interested in the business of bordering, political economy and related topicsjobs.ac.ukResearch Associate - The Business of Bordering at University of SheffieldExplore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate - The Business of Bordering. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities. 012
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Postdoc job opportunity! We're looking for a Danish speaker to work with us on the Business of Bordering project. All the info is here: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...jobsite.sheffield.ac.ukResearch Associate - The Business of BorderingResearch Associate - The Business of Bordering 003
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblinyashamac @yaswmac.bsky.social · 20/03/2026…state crimes against people on the move and people who don’t sign up to or support fascism masquerading as migration policy… 043
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinMorteza @mortezahashemi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The next event in the Amal Treacher Kabesh Annual Lectures, hosted by #ICEMiC at University of Nottingham featuring distinguished speakers: - Dr Lucy Mayblin - Dr Tesfalem Habte Yemane Knowing the border: Epistemic friction and irregular Channel crossings 112
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Fascinating research on FOIs as method, and charter flights as practice, from William Walters and Travis Van Isaker. Recommend. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 022
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Must read from Shahram Khosravi. Defeat as Method: Thinking from within the ruins. migrationscholarsmobilize.org/blog-posts-2...migrationscholarsmobilize.orgMigration Scholars Mobilize NetworkBy Shahram Khosravi Originally published in Cabinet Magazine . 2026. Issue 21 (July) https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/71/khosravi.php See original article for images that accompany the… 044
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Excited to receive copies of our beautiful new textboook! 0113
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinAmit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The launch of 'The Modern World After Colonialism', a @brisunipress.bsky.social textbook developed from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project resources 📍March 4th 2026, 11am, Zoom @sumingkhoo.bsky.social @mayblin.bsky.social @thesociologicalreview.org bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...bristol-ac-uk.zoom.usVideo Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen SharingZoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ... 024
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026We have added the case of Alex Pretti to our global crimes of solidarity database. Do you know of other cases where activists have been criminalised for standing up to ICE agents in recent weeks? Visit www.crimesofsolidarity.org to find out more or to add a case.crimesofsolidarity.orgCrimes of Solidarity and HumanitarianismDocumenting legal cases against people helping irregular migrants, known as crimes of solidarity and humanitarianism. 001
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinInfoMigrants @infomigrants.net · 22/01/2026French authorities have carried out their first on-water interception of a suspected smuggling boat under new Channel patrol tactics. The UK and France are expanding returns and enforcement measures aimed at preventing small boat crossings. www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6936...infomigrants.netFrance intercepts 'taxi-boat' in first on-water operation to reduce Channel crossingsFrench authorities have carried out their first on-water interception of a suspected smuggling boat under new Channel patrol tactics, as the UK and France expand returns and enforcement measures aimed... 001
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblinfront-LEX @front-lex.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The 1st #ICC trial concerning #CrimesAgainstHumanity against 'migrants' starts in 2026. Front-Lex will be there to represent the victims. The cases of 122 #EU officials are still waiting to be processed, front-LEX co-director @omershatz.bsky.social told Catalan TV. www.3cat.cat/3cat/liders-...3cat.catTelenotícies - Líders europeus denunciats al Tribunal de la Haia pel tracte dels migrant al Mediterrani central - 3CatFront Lex, un consorci d'advocats, ja van acusar la UE el 2019 144
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 12/12/2025It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”. 7552172
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Brexit was a bad idea but I'm tired of hearing this being given as the reason for small boat Channel crossings. As though (a) nobody was crossing irregularly before -they WERE!, and (b)Imagining they weren't crossing because they were scared of the Dublin Regulation? That's just stilly (see: Rwanda) 020
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 04/12/2025It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right. Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...theguardian.comHardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report findsAs leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect 5225113
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinNando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Great work by @migrantvoice.bsky.social and researchers from Warwick University and Leicester University. Congratulations to former colleague @mariegodin.bsky.social who co-authored the report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comUK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study findsObtaining an eVisa to prove their status or right to legally reside in Britain is causing migrants high levels of stress 11514
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinMark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Management at Sheffield have aggressively ramped up their attacks on striking staff, but we @sheffielducu.bsky.social are unbowed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warningUniversity of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking. 01510
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinUmberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 02/12/2025We will resist the bullies with our usual courage and resolve - for the good of our students, our university, and our city. We won't allow the dismantling of higher education without resistance. @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warningUniversity of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking. 0116
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinJoseph Ward @jward232.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Great to see media coverage of the hostile and punitive approach taken by management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social towards @sheffielducu.bsky.social staff striking to protect jobs. Threats and intimidation won't work. We're out until we win! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warningUniversity of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking. 12618
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinSimon Rushton @simonrushton.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Sensible universities see their staff as assets to be nurtured and protected. Foolish universities see them as a cost to be minimised. Really stupid universities see them as an enemy to be defeated. @sheffielducu.bsky.social 2189
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinRefugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement. More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...rsc.ox.ac.ukVisiting Fellowship applications and the Sally Hogg Prize 047
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinIan Sudbery @iansudbery.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social 11216
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinDiscourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 13/11/2025How to use critical discourse analysis in your research: 2-day, in-person workshop for PhD students & early career researchers. 15 & 16 January 2026 Sheffield, UK Details: www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail... 066
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinUmberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 18/11/2025#PalestineSolidarity roving picket visiting the excellent picket at Firth Court. #UCUstrike @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social #sheffield 0136
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The Amnesty International International Secretariat have just published a report. It explicitly highlights how racial discrimination in the context of visa policies and processes impacts activists from outside of Europe. Good to see Amnesty doing this kind of work. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...amnesty.orgEurope: Closing the door? How visa policies in Europe's Schengen area fail human rights defenders - Amnesty InternationalThis report highlights the obstacles faced by human rights defenders (HRDs) from visa-restricted countries who want to access the Schengen area to fulfil their right to defend rights. It presents a… 020
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025This is an excellent summary of this week's UK asylum announcements from Free Movement. freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...freemovement.org.ukHome Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: "Restoring Order and Control" - Free MovementFollowing a plethora of media briefings and coverage over the past few days, the Home Secretary has officially published her policy paper on "Restoring Order 135
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Dismayed to hear more divisive and hostile rhetoric from the latest Home Secretary? Depressed by more cruel and punitive policies which will harm people who are seeking asylum and will do nothing to stop the rise of Reform or reduce small boat Channel crossings? ...assistsheffield.org.ukASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal | ASSIST SheffieldThe ASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal provides a vital safety net for destitute asylum seekers in Sheffield. Choose your action: Donate, Act, or Share their story. 141
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/11/2025The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world" That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims 41939482
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinLisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Tomorrow @sheffielducu.bsky.social begins four weeks of strike action over the continuous restructuring of programs and departments and threats of compulsory redundancies imposed by university management. We are holding a joint rally with our sister branch at SHU which is facing similar threats. 0188
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblinmichaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Looking forward to this workshop! Join me, @kranertmichael.bsky.social , Tom Bartlett and Jane Mulderrig to work on using CDA in your research! 025
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025We are so proud to be part of the Migration Scholars Mobilise Global Day of Action today! Sheffield folks, come down to the Jessop Building. Our schedule here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re... And to the global network website: migrationscholarsmobilize.orgsheffield.ac.ukMobilise, Resist, Build Solidarity: We Stand with MigrantsA teach-in/out as part of the Migration Scholars Mobilize Network day of action to mobilise on these themes:- A war on migrants is a war on all of us- Migration is a social good- We stand with… 021
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinSheffield Migration Research Group @sheffieldmrg.bsky.social · 04/11/2025@mayblin.bsky.social @hannahjlewis.bsky.social @patnabuco.bsky.social @livinginsheffield.bsky.social 121
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror. 710352
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinCJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 30/10/2025"Legal sources said more migrants were attempting to cross the Channel in small boats because they were being left homeless by the French authorities" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comMigrants try to return to UK after France refuses to house themAsylum seekers deported under one in, one out deal are being left homeless by the French authorities, legal sources claim, fuelling attempted returns 012
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Translation: Putting people in military barracks is good, because it has connotations of prison, punishment, and control. But only if the barracks are remote and out of sight, with people properly concentrated and fully excluded from society. 074
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Around 900 men are expected to be moved to military bases in Inverness and Sussex by the end of the year. The use of large sites has been described as a "sleeper issue", likely to inflame tensions with local communities. And all to close four or five hotels. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTwo military sites earmarked as asylum seeker accommodationHousing asylum seekers in hotels has cost billions, while they have also become a focal point for protests. 395
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Most of the time we ask the wrong questions in relation to asylum policy. What this new report on asylum accommodation shows, for me, is that we need to be asking all the time "who materially benefits from the current policy approach?"committees.parliament.ukBillions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK ParliamentFlawed contract design and incompetent delivery left the Home Office unable to cope with the surge in demand for asylum accommodation, a report by the Home Affairs Committee has found. 022
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Today! National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention in the UK. When someone you know is detained it's like they have been abducted or taken hostage. Today we're asking for #DignityNotDetention #TheseWallsMustFall @Right_to_Remain Find out more here righttoremain.org.uk/category/the...righttoremain.org.ukThese Walls Must FallRight to Remain works with communities, groups and organisations, providing information, resources, training and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain, and to challenge… 031
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Political rhetoric isn't just talk, it has real material implications. "UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staffVoluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property 062
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinLauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Yet another case of the Home Office noticing an increase in asylum claims by people arriving via legal routes and responding by immediately slamming that route closed. It’s like they WANT people to travel irregularly. 21811
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025How's the one in one out policy going? “The agreement between the UK and France will go down as a dark chapter in history because it has abandoned us completely. The UK government is making an example of us and this is very painful and shameful.”theguardian.comHuman rights groups call for France to suspend ‘one in, one out’ treaty with UKUK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekers 010
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Just digging out this blog I wrote for ECRE 6 years ago about the myth of the economic pull factor for asylum seekers -the myth that very much never dies! ecre.org/op-ed-pull-f... 153
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025How to change the dominant narrative on migration? This is a really interesting contribution from the US: "Narrative Guide for Immigrant Futures (2025) How To Create Narrative Interventions That Counter Fear and Change Attitudes" narrativeinitiative.org/resource/nar...narrativeinitiative.orgReshaping The Immigrant Narrative: A Guide To FuturesCounter fear and advance a pro-immigrant vision. Our guide offers research and tools to shift the immigrant narrative for persuadable audiences. 021
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The "one in one out" deal between the UK and France is based on the idea of deterrence. But (and it's getting boring saying this year after year after year) the fabled deterrent effect does not exist. Here's one of the more recent explainers on this topic odi.org/en/insights/...odi.orgMigration deterrence strategies are popular amongst politicians, but what do we know about their effectiveness?Looking to 2025, it is likely that states will seek to implement or expand offshore policies, despite serious human rights concerns and the fact that their effectiveness is far from proven. This blog… 054
Reposted by Dr. Lucy MayblinThe Channel Monitoring Project @channelmonitoring.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Last weekend, as the weather improved, more people tried to cross the Channel to reach safety in the UK. Four lost their lives in three separate incidents — one was a child. The government’s deterrent policies don’t work; they push people to take greater risks. We need #SafeRoutes now. 043
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Deeply, deeply, concerning. "The prime minister told the BBC he did not want to "tear down" human rights laws, but is ready to look again at article three of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects against torture and degrading treatment." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPM wants to change how international law used in asylum casesThe UK needs to "look again" at how to tackle mass migration, but those genuinely fleeing persecution should still be given asylum, the PM says. 020
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This is a brilliant opportunity for sociologists to join the board of The Sociological Review, practicing the kind of sociology many of us aspire to thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...thesociologicalreview.orgCall for new Editorial Board members for The Sociological Review journal for 2026About The Sociological Review 011