Sign in

Dr. Lucy Mayblin

@mayblin.bsky.social
437 followers 316 following 158 posts

Senior Lecturer Sociology & Co-Director Migration Research Group, University of Sheffield, UK. www.lucymayblin.com www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group www.Channelcrossings.org

PostsRepliesMedia
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The 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 · 28/05/2026
Job opportunity at the University of Sheffield (UK) for a Danish speaking researcher interested in the business of bordering, political economy and related topics
jobs.ac.uk
Research Associate - The Business of Bordering at University of Sheffield
Explore 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 · 15/05/2026
Postdoc 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.uk
Research Associate - The Business of Bordering
Research Associate - The Business of Bordering
003
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
yashamac @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 Mayblin
Morteza @mortezahashemi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The 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 · 12/03/2026
Fascinating 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 · 11/03/2026
Must read from Shahram Khosravi. Defeat as Method: Thinking from within the ruins. migrationscholarsmobilize.org/blog-posts-2...
migrationscholarsmobilize.org
Migration Scholars Mobilize Network
By 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 · 26/02/2026
Excited to receive copies of our beautiful new textboook!
0113
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Amit Singh @amit-singh.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The 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.us
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
Zoom 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 · 06/02/2026
We 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.org
Crimes of Solidarity and Humanitarianism
Documenting legal cases against people helping irregular migrants, known as crimes of solidarity and humanitarianism.
001
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
InfoMigrants @infomigrants.net · 22/01/2026
French 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.net
France intercepts 'taxi-boat' in first on-water operation to reduce Channel crossings
French 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 Mayblin
front-LEX @front-lex.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The 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.cat
Telenotícies - Líders europeus denunciats al Tribunal de la Haia pel tracte dels migrant al Mediterrani central - 3Cat
Front Lex, un consorci d'advocats, ja van acusar la UE el 2019
144
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It’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 · 05/12/2025
Brexit 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 Mayblin
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
It'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.com
Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds
As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect
5225113
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Great 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.com
UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds
Obtaining 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 Mayblin
Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Management 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.uk
University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.
01510
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
We 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.uk
University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.
0116
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Joseph Ward @jward232.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Great 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.uk
University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.
12618
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Simon Rushton @simonrushton.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Sensible 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 Mayblin
Refugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Calling 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.uk
Visiting Fellowship applications and the Sally Hogg Prize
047
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Ian Sudbery @iansudbery.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social
11216
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Discourse Academy @discourseacademy.org · 13/11/2025
How 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...
Vertical stripes of black, red, gold and pink with the words 'how to use critical discourse analysis in your research'; logo for the discourse academy in the top right corner which has an a tablet computer, and academic cap and a hand interacting with the computer screen
066
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Umberto 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 · 21/11/2025
The 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.org
Europe: Closing the door? How visa policies in Europe's Schengen area fail human rights defenders - Amnesty International
This 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 · 20/11/2025
This is an excellent summary of this week's UK asylum announcements from Free Movement. freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...
freemovement.org.uk
Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: "Restoring Order and Control" - Free Movement
Following 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 · 18/11/2025
Dismayed 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.uk
ASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal | ASSIST Sheffield
The 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 Mayblin
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The 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 Mayblin
Lisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻‍♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Tomorrow @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 Mayblin
michaelfarrelly.bsky.social @michaelfarrelly.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Looking 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 · 11/11/2025
We 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.org
sheffield.ac.uk
Mobilise, Resist, Build Solidarity: We Stand with Migrants
A 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 Mayblin
Sheffield 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 Mayblin
Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Evidence 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 Mayblin
CJ 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.com
Migrants try to return to UK after France refuses to house them
Asylum 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 · 28/10/2025
Translation: 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 Mayblin
Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Around 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.uk
Two military sites earmarked as asylum seeker accommodation
Housing asylum seekers in hotels has cost billions, while they have also become a focal point for protests.
395
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Most 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.uk
Billions squandered on asylum accommodation by Home Office mismanagement – Home Affairs Committee report finds - Committees - UK Parliament
Flawed 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 · 18/10/2025
Today! 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.uk
These Walls Must Fall
Right 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 · 15/10/2025
Political 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.com
UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
062
Reposted by Dr. Lucy Mayblin
Lauren Starkey @laurenhstarkey.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Yet 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 · 14/10/2025
Looking forward to this
050
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
How'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.com
Human rights groups call for France to suspend ‘one in, one out’ treaty with UK
UK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekers
010
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Just 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 · 08/10/2025
How 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.org
Reshaping The Immigrant Narrative: A Guide To Futures
Counter 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 · 06/10/2025
The "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.org
Migration 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 Mayblin
The Channel Monitoring Project @channelmonitoring.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Last 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 · 02/10/2025
Deeply, 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.uk
PM wants to change how international law used in asylum cases
The 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 · 01/10/2025
This 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.org
Call for new Editorial Board members for The Sociological Review journal for 2026
About The Sociological Review
011
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Brilliant new project!
021
Dr. Lucy Mayblin @mayblin.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
100% this
000