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Migration Mobilities Bristol

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Faculty Research Centre @universityofbristol 📚 New thinking on people, movement and social justice 🚀 Blogs, podcasts, conversations. Visit us at migration.bristol.ac.uk

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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In the latest episode of Migration Unboxed, @catherinesramirez.bsky.social talks about the interplay of racial discourse, labour policies and border controls in the US, including the rising Far Right calls for re-migration and deportations. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉https://bit.ly/4oULWrx
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
'Imagining proximity, building infrastructure' - following her visit to Bristol, @catherinesramirez.bsky.social (UC Santa Cruz) reflects on the relationship between our cities and the potential for long-distance solidarity in the face of rising anti-migration policies 👉 bit.ly/4aOMdqr
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
'How can "race" unbox migration?' In the latest episode of the MMB podcast, Bridget Anderson (as guest not host this time!) explains how she see migrantization as a process parallel to racialization. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 bit.ly/4oULWrx
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Excited to see this exhibition by MMB member Nariman Massoumi is now open!
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
'Mobility, maladaption and the market for carbon' - on the MMB blog, @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social, @matildaf.bsky.social and @davidharvie.bsky.social explore the ways in which refugees are becoming entangled in the global carbon credit market. Read the full post here 👉👉 bit.ly/4wwa32A
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today we bid farewell to Bridget, founding Director of MMB. She has worked tirelessly to inspire us to think creatively, critically and constructively. We are very grateful for it all! In small recognition of this we've donated to the Bristol Refugee Rights in your name - bit.ly/3QRzooq
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Bridget Anderson was recently awarded a prestigious honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki in recognition of her global scholarship on migration, mobilities, citizenship and labour - bit.ly/4oWttLq Watch an interview with her and Lena Näre - bit.ly/4wiOwdE
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
'How can "race" unbox migration?' In the latest episode of MMB's Migration Unboxed podcast @catherinesramirez.bsky.social and Bridget Anderson discuss how the politics of racial discourses plays into the politics of migration. Listen to the full episode here 👉 bit.ly/4oULWrx
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
'Ending the structural production of irregularity in adult social care in the UK' - read the new policy brief by Eda Yazici for the PRIME Project 👉 bit.ly/4g0m8rS And watch the video summarising the projects findings 👉 bit.ly/4g0Ckt1
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In a time of ever-more polarised views, how do we open up everyday conversations about migration? Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe write about 'Curiosity, common ground and conversations' in reflecting on an MMB workshop about reframing migration dialogues. Full post here 👉https://bit.ly/497HkGO
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
'Notes from Canada: shared challenges and struggles in an anti-migrant political moment' – Travis Van Isacker reflects on the similarities between anti-migrant policies in Canada and Europe, and on the sense of transnational solidarity in the struggle for migrant rights 👉 bit.ly/4uBzJtY
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
MMB Roundtable, 4th June - 'Across the Pond: Immigration Enforcement and Solidarity beyond, at and within the Border'. Join Cat Ramirez (UC Santa Cruz) and other experts to discuss the parallels and differences between current immigration enforcement in the US, UK and EU 👉 bit.ly/4tGURxG
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Join us in person or online for a broad-ranging conversation on 'Queer and Trans Mobilities and the Search for Refuge', drawing on three brand new volumes on the subject. A conversation between Mengia Tschalaer, Samuel Ritholtz, Rebecca Buxton and B Camminga. 20th May, 4pm: bit.ly/4d4OTBP
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Join us next Monday online or in person for a discussion on 'Migrant and Minoritised Academics in UK Higher Education', with six authors from the recent Educational Review special issue. More information and a link to sign up here 👉 bit.ly/3QTl5iX
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"Why East Africa? Why now? On ‘East African Queer and Trans Displacements’" – B Camminga and John Marnell on their new co-edited volume, which broadens the field and paints a more nuanced picture of East African LGBTQI refugee resistance to international border controls bit.ly/4wuf5NV
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
How do we shift public debate about migration? What helps and what derails dialogue on this urgent matter? Come along to MMB's interactive workshop 'Reframing Conversations' on 11th May to explore and experiment with new imaginative ways of talking about migration 👉👉 bit.ly/4mU1rza
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
'Why bother researching migration?' - Bridget Anderson argues for the ongoing importance of migration research for opening new political imaginaries and solidarities - these can transform our societies and lead to greater social justice and inclusion for all. Read it here: bit.ly/4cUrQcE
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
'Is it racist to be worried about immigration?' Bridget Anderson delves into the complex and uncomfortable relationship between race and nationalism that underpins a widespread vocabulary about migration in the UK. The second post in our series on 'Reframing Conversations': bit.ly/4rOvAAI
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Great to see the BBC covering the Brexit Couples research report, co-authored by MMB member Professor Katharine Charsley. The new visa requirements for UK-EU couples following Brexit have led to traumatic family separations. Read the full article here 👉👉 bbc.in/4ul6TOH
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Report shows UK-EU couples face 'arduous' system post-Brexit
A study finds post-Brexit visa requirements for EU nationals has led to separations and trauma.
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
'How migrants are reimagining human rights – and why it matters' – Marco Perolini writes in the MMB blog about migrant-led movements that are challenging border enforcement and reimagining human rights to achieve border and racial justice. Read the full post here 👉👉 bit.ly/47hTehy
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Come and hear about the research journeys of our Co-Director Jo Crow and colleague Ed King next week!
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
An excellent piece in The Conversation by MMB member Travis Van Isacker about the conclusions of the Cranston inquiry: 'Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s "systemic failure" – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained' bit.ly/4kGWvN5
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Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s ‘systemic failure' – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained
An independent inquiry found ‘systemic’ failures that led to the deadliest Channel crossing.
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
'Why does the UK government spend so much money on "asylum hotels"?' – MMB Director Bridget Anderson starts our new blog series on 'Reframing Conversations' with this post on the housing crisis in the UK. More to come on how we can rethink public narratives! migration.bristol.ac.uk/2026/02/09/w...
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The latest episode from the PRIME Project @mpc-eui.bsky.social, produced by MMB, is now available. Here Bridget Anderson talks to members of the team about why it's so important to include employers in research on irregular migration 👇👇 open.spotify.com/episode/02jC...
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Why do employers matter in research on irregular migration?
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
If you're in Manchester on 12th Feb do go along to this lecture by MMB Director Bridget Anderson on 'Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship' - a topic more timely than ever. More info and a link to register here 👉👉 bit.ly/49L5nvO
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
MMB's latest blog post published today, looks back over 2025 and ahead to what we have in store this year. Do take a look and let us know if you have any ideas for ways we can work together! bit.ly/4bw6xhb
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
'By denying safe routes and pushing people into danger, states weaponize nature, outsourcing death to environmental conditions.' In the MMB blog, Marielys Padua Soto explains how the environment has become a necropolitical actor in global border regimes. Read the post here 👉 bit.ly/4pevm4N
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Vigilante bordering in South Africa is recasting public services as checkpoints of belonging. Enocent Nemuramba writes for MMB about the implications for immigrant rights protection as self-appointed vigilantes takes it upon themselves to exclude non-citizens 👉👉https://bit.ly/48XRlru
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In the latest episode of Mobility, Work & Rights, @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social & I speak to three international experts on #migrantdomesticwork: - Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social - Rhacel Parreñas @rhacel.bsky.social - Sabrina Marchetti Listen & follow: open.spotify.com/episode/5NjS...
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
MMB Director Bridget Anderson talks to @nandosigona.bsky.social about her game-changing book 'Doing the Dirty Work? The Global Politics of Domestic Labour' 25 years after its first publication. Listen here 👉👉
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The latest Home Office measures are not based on its own research. Its full report bit.ly/4nYnfbF shows that: - Not all refugees are irregular migrants - Many asylum seekers cannot ‘choose’ a destination country - Of those reaching Europe, only a small percentage claim asylum in the UK
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Immigration enforcement has a long and ugly history. We need to completely reframe our thinking. Listen to the MMB podcast, 'Migration Unboxed', to get some ideas on how to think differently. All episodes available here 👉👉 bit.ly/4gTc2a8
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Let's not pretend that the descendants of migrants and refugees are 'pro-migrant'. The cynical deployment of identity politics by the descendants of migrants and refugees is shameful. Read more in Ch 11 of MMB's edited volume 'Rethinking Migration' - free download here 👉👉 bit.ly/41DcovY
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Rethinking Migration
Rethinking Migration - Challenging Borders, Citizenship and Race; This collection investigates how to rethink migration without reinforcing it as a problematic subject. The book illustrates that conceptually based, critical and creative thinking is a...
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Looking forward to MMB's event this evening on how migration research can help build justice, in solidarity with our colleagues' teach-outs to support migrants across the world!
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
On seeing crossings: Dover/Calais is a collaborative visual essay by nine people from MMB and Multiple Mobilities Research Cluster, New York coming out of several field trips to Dover and Calais. bit.ly/4nqrgW5
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
If you're in Bristol tomorrow, come along to hear MMB Director Bridget Anderson at the Philosophy Salon discussing the question 'Do we have a duty to rescue?' with David Edmonds and Julian Baggini. Use code PHIL5 for a 50% discount when booking👉 @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social bit.ly/4oJGK8U
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
'Coping with protracted migration crises: the role of international organizations in the Syrian and Venezuelan displacements' - Çağla Ekin Güner and Ana Margheritis write on this critical issue in this week's MMB blog. Read the post here 👉👉 bit.ly/3IZ97ke
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Have a listen to the new podcasts from the Centre for Sociodigital Futures - first episode features MMB Director Bridget Anderson discussing 'What sociodigital futures are being claimed?'
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Migration is in the news every day - the word thrown about as if it's always meant one thing. But should we accept this meaning? In the Migration Unboxed podcast we question the use of the term and examine how it's become tightly bound up with state power. Episode 1 here 👉 bit.ly/46CvfZq
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
'Citizen geopolitics: understanding the role of migrant naturalisation in the transformations in the Middle East' - Palada Ziss writes in the MMB blog about the need to rethink what citizenship is and does in the 21st century 👉👉 bit.ly/46qJKQV
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
'What caused Britain’s deadliest "small boat" disaster, and how can another be avoided?' MMB's Travis Van Isacker brilliantly unpacks the Cranston Inquiry to show how the politics and violence of border controls continues to lead to tragic loss of life in the Channel: bit.ly/41dEa1r
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What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?
The recent Cranston Inquiry has shed light on the rescue operation that failed to prevent the deaths of at least 30 people in the Channel.
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Five episodes of Migration Unboxed are now available, all disrupting conventional thinking on migration. Here are our guests from Episode 5, discussing the radically interdisciplinary Bristol Approach with host Bridget Anderson! 🎧 Listen to all episodes here👉 bit.ly/3J5BFbs
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Some of you might remember that we did a film screening of ‘African Apocalypse’ a few years ago. The film maker, Rob Lemkin, and this film have played an important role in lobbying the French Government to consider paying reparations for colonial massacres in Niger. bit.ly/4mbrDUV
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France signals willingness to discuss reparations for colonial massacres in Niger
Exclusive: French government says it is open to dialogue but does not acknowledge responsibility in letter seen by the Guardian
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Migration Policy Centre @mpc-eui.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
When it comes to migration governance, credibility matters 🤝 Join the Effective Migration Governance course to master the tensions, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s migration landscape. 📅 6–8 October 2024 📍 Florence, Italy Secure your seat loom.ly/6OiXoH8
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
How did rulers in the Middle Ages control who entered and who exited their territories? In 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 @bristoldublin.bsky.social joins colleagues across the disciplines to think through new ways of understanding migration through the ages. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
EU AI regulations position themselves as human-centred. But priorities shift when it comes to 'border security'. Read the new blog post by Stefka Schmid and Julia Mahlberg ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Lucy Donkin discusses the mobility of people and the portability of place in the latest episode of Migration Unboxed, drawing on her chapter in MMB's edited volume 'Rethinking Migration'. Download the book for free here 👉 bit.ly/3TtigmE and listen to the full podcast episode here 👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H
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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
From last week: Afghan scheme closed immediately and major changes to skilled worker route – statement of changes: HC 997 | Sonia Lenegan
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Afghan scheme closed immediately and major changes to skilled worker route - statement of changes: HC 997 - Free Movement
As trailed in the immigration white paper but mysteriously absent from last week's statement of changes, the skilled worker is being overhauled with a view to
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Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
'The carceral economies of asylum: who's working the border?' In the MMB blog Eda Yazici opens up the conversation about the working conditions and experiences of those working in the UK immigration system. Read the full post here 👉👉 bit.ly/44sxjDz
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Migration Policy Centre @mpc-eui.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Missed our webinar on the legal rights of irregular migrants in Europe? You can now watch Clare Fox-Ruhs and Joakim Palme as they explore how institutional differences across countries shape responses to irregular migration Watch the full discussion here: loom.ly/LblRniA #PRIMEprojectEU
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