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Dr Zana Vathi

@zanavathi.bsky.social
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Adjunct Professor UCC| #migration | #diversity| #inclusion| IEB member Ethnic and Racial Studies| Associate Editor Comparative Migration Studies| Northern mind, Southern soul| Own views scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user…

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What can make inclusion & belonging work in the fastest-changing borough in London - and indeed the UK as a whole? I have been chairing the Independent Commission on Inclusion and Belonging on a multi-ethnic Newham, whose final report is published today www.britishfuture.org/newham-shoul...
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The Economist @economist.com · 06/03/2026
To survive would count as victory for Iran’s regime. So far, it is succeeding. Far from falling apart, it is lashing out in all directions, with multiple consequences
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Donald Trump must stop soon
His ill-considered conflict risks descending into chaos
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/03/2026
Having spent a year criticizing, insulting and threatening European leaders, Donald Trump now sees the value of having friends in strategically important places. That is, if they have military assets he can use.
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Trump’s FAFO moment: America needs Europe after all 
The U.S. assault on Iran has hammered another bruise into the transatlantic relationship, with Macron, Starmer and Sánchez resisting Trump’s demands to back his war. 
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Does anyone think that this - effectively describing people who came here at *our* invitation to work in care homes as would-be parasites on the welfare state - is what she meant?
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Space and Political Agency Research Group @sparg-tuni.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Check out this new piece from Aura Lounasmaa, Kirsi Pauliina Kallio, and Jouni Häkli: Migration research in ‘play space’: joyful encounters, empathic unsettlement and refusal in arts-based ethnography doi.org/10.1080/1464...
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Migration research in ‘play space’: joyful encounters, empathic unsettlement and refusal in arts-based ethnography
This paper introduces joyful embodied encounters, empathic unsettlement, agentic acts of refusal and ethical and personal tensions as key dimensions of narrative ethnographic research. Grounded in ...
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Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 @helenbamber.org · 05/02/2026
What we need is free bus travel in London so people seeking asylum can access support services, integrate into communities & improve their wellbeing. It would reduce pressure on health services & give people the independence & dignity they are often denied. 3/3 www.helenbamber.org/resources/re...
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When you can’t afford to visit the doctor: the need for free bus travel in London for people seeking asylum | Helen Bamber
The meagre financial support given to people seeking asylum is woefully inadequate to meet their basic needs. They are forced to live in poverty, which has a terrible impact on their mental health and...
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Cranston Inquiry concludes there were systemic failures to rescue people seeking asylum. Deaths in the Channel are a direct result of the UK’s hostile environment, which dehumanises people fleeing war and persecution, and forces them to risk their lives in small boat crossings.
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Thirty deaths in small boat crossing avoidable, inquiry finds
Inquiry chair Sir Ross Cranston said
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I know the govt is in meltdown again… but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model & I explain what to do about it
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thank you to the many artists - including Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny - for using their acceptance speeches at the Grammys to reject the rise in anti-immigration narratives and policies peddled by those in the media and in power.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Anyway, if you think it's vaguely fucked up that Nigel Farage could well become Prime Minister on just 30%-or-so of the vote Join the campaign for a fair & porportional voting system, before it's too late! 👇😱
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New Sociology journal video abstract! Renu Gupta, co-author of the new article Trapped between the Past and the Future, goes over some of the key findings of her and her coauthors’ research in this video abstract. Watch the video abstract and read the full article below! doi.org/10.1177/0038...
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Trapped between the Past and the Future: Temporal Orientations and the ‘Becoming’ of Post-Maternity Extended Career-Breaks among Women Professionals in the UK - Renu Gupta, Gill Kirton, Suki Sian, 202...
This article uses agentic temporality as a focal construct and provides insights into women professionals’ transition to motherhood and extended career-breaks. ...
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This statement appears to be untrue for 95-99% of British people convicted and imprisoned abroad
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 26/11/2025
The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/4pC73hJ
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/11/2025
In the long term, aid cuts could shock African policymakers out of complacency. But in the short term there will be pain in the poorest African countries, and for the most vulnerable Africans. Read more in The World Ahead
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Aid cuts mean a new era in international development
The impact of Donald Trump’s aid cuts will be felt across Africa in 2026. Rough estimates suggest 1m lives could be at risk globally
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Migration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Hot off the press! The latest Migration Observatory press release about today's migration statistics is out and you can read it below. Spoiler alert, massive fall in net migration. Immigration falls in all main categories except asylum: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press/net-mi...
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The Immigrant Council of Ireland @immigrationirl.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The Immigrant Council of Ireland has today published its Impact Report for 2024, highlighting the organisation’s achievements and the work carried out to support and empower migrants living in Ireland. Read the full report and our press release on our website #linkinbio
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Tabea Scharrer @tabeascharrer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Finally out: our introductory paper on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue" by @sanamroohi.bsky.social, @pwascholten.bsky.social, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Thais França, Andreas Pott, @zanavathi.bsky.social and myself. doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Celebrating 10 years of Conparative Migration Studies - proud to serve as an Associate Editor: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
More unevidenced statements that do immense harm Government’ Home Secretary creating ridiculous panic and inciting fear which leads to violence. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
An interesting discussion today at the U. of Glasgow during the viva voce of Keying Li on the transnational identities of youth of Chinese descent in Glasgow and London. Pleased to have served as an external examiner. Lots of learning about #migration, #identity, #diaspora. 🙏🍁💗
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Excited to have been invited to give the opening remarks on the role of scientific #diaspora in the #development of #Albania 🇦🇱
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
We invite you to book conversation. Özge Bilgili and Marta Bivand Erdal will discuss their recently published book "Migrant #Transnationalism: IMISCOE Short Reader" Event will be held on 28 October, 14:00-15:00. Registration and info here: www.prio.org/events/9249 @imiscoe.bsky.social
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The latest from The #Identities Podcast! Episode 7: On The Unfinished Politics of Race With Les Back, John Solomos, Michael Keith, Anya Ahmed & Trishauna Stewart Listen online: open.spotify.com/epi... @uofgsps.bsky.social uofgsocsci.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 27/08/2025
⏰ The UK’s richest are on track to pollute 22x more from travel than the poorest by 2035. Current policy risks missing climate targets + worsening inequality. In this report from @sfrost.bsky.social, we set out a fairer, faster pathway. www.ippr.org/articles/fai...
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Fairer is faster: The route to greener and healthier domestic transport | IPPR
Electrifying road transport has put the UK on the path to lower transport emissions for the first time. However, a gap remains between government policy an
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
A special moment at the @ersjournal.com board meeting celebrating Prof John Solomos 🙏
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I have just been awarded a READ Fellowship by the Albanian-American Development Foundation (AADF), Institute of International Education (IIE) for my collaboration with Dr Eda Gemi “The Albanian Diaspora on the Move? Second Generation Return and Onward Mobilities”. #migration
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Join us on the 12th of May for our 2025 knowledge exchange event 'Care for Refugees in Local Settings'. We focus on what care means and looks like in the everyday and what impact is has on asylum seekers' and refugees' lives. www.eventbrite.com/e/care-for-r...
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Care for Refugees in Local Settings-Italy and UK
Migration Working Group – North West, invites you to a vibrant discussion about what it means to care for refugees in Italy and the UK.
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Our latest: a field reflection on how knowledge exchange in the field of migration takes place and how universities engages with it. Thank you to the Journal of Refugee Studies giving this reflection a home. academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
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Multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange events as a tool of migration infrastructure: evidence from the North West of England
Abstract. In a knowledge exchange (KE) event that focused on migration in the North West of England, mutual aid between stakeholders appeared as a powerful
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John McDonnell MP @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Facing a global downturn & potential economic slump any rumoured “reset” of Labour’s economic strategy must recognise that this is no time to be cutting the benefits to disabled people & the poorest when they will be the hardest hit in any recession. Halt the planned austerity measures.
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🎉Publication day for 'Anywhere But Here'! Hard to put into words what it means for a tiny seed of an idea to make its way into the world. Huge thanks to the brave people who spoke to me and to my agent and publisher. Order here Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I don’t know if it’s me being new to BlueSky, after deliberately quitting X, but my feed is fool of crazy stuff. The world we live in - if this is even remotely representative - is darker and scarier by the minute… 👇🏼 www.thenational.scot/news/2505229...
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Keir Starmer considering Rwanda-style deportation scheme for asylum seekers
The Government is working “very closely” with Italian ministers to consider ways to process migrants with asylum claims in a third country.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Starmer gets “angry”, and wants us to “blame the asylum seekers” for Labour’s brutal hammering of the poor, the old, the sick, the disabled, and now even the targeting of disadvantaged children by removing free school meals and sanitary products. “I hear you’re a racist now Starmer”. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
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Political Science Research @poscresearch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Check out this recent article in @bjpols.bsky.social: “Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes?” by @akoustov.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S000... #polisky
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Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes - Volume 53 Issue 2
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 01/04/2025
Check out the in-depth convo between @silkys13.bsky.social, author of #UnbuildWalls w/ @amnaakbar.bsky.social. In @publicbooks.bsky.social, Silky reflects on how we got to the current moment while outlining some of the key lessons presented in “Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition.”
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“The Basic Liberal Narrative Is Gone”: Immigrant Rights and Abolition with Silky Shah - Public Books
“A singular focus on conditions, rather than the violence of immigration detention itself, just lent itself to expansion.”
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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Ukraine's top aid donor, the U.S., has given $37B+ in humanitarian support for 3 years since Russia invaded. Felon Trump halted that aid, including assistance to war veterans & refugees. Push back on heartless monster Trump!
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Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremism
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/04/2025
The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced
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The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced
All four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028 The cast of Sam Mendes’ four upcoming Beatles biopics has been officially announced, with Harris Dickinson playing John Lennon, Paul Mescal playing Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan playing Ringo Starr and Joseph Quinn playing George Harrison. Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of films including American Beauty, 1917 and Skyfall, made a surprise appearance on stage with his Fab Four at CinemaCon, an annual industry event for Hollywood, in Las Vegas on Monday night. Continue reading...
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
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An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/04/2025
Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
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Chester zoo unveils £28m ‘Africa’ facility – complete with chilly giraffes
Nine-hectare site home to 57 species including rhino, zebras and ostriches in UK’s biggest such development “Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different,” admits Chester zoo boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning. But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a sweeping African savannah where, one day, there will be giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches roaming majestically side by side. Continue reading...
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Migration Exchange @migration-exchange.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Six months on from the UK’s racist riots, MEX is supporting efforts to strengthen the sector’s resilience and security. Join two upcoming workshops on: 📌Safety & Security- 3 Mar, 1:30 PM 📌Resilience & Wellbeing- 31 Mar, 10AM Register here: bit.ly/4jN6Dms Read our latest blog: bit.ly/42NJzhg
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Excited to announce that I was selected as a member of the jury of the Maria Baganha Prize - awarded annually by #IMISCOE to the best PhD thesis in #migration studies internationally.
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Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Passionate about #publicsociology? We’re looking for new editors to join our fantastic magazine editorial and production team @sociologicalreview.bsky.social as they launch an exciting new format in 2025!
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14/11/2024
Hello new followers! I waste a lot of time on here, but when I'm not doing that I sometimes write books. My new one is called Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists (out in January, orderable now), and it has all you need to prevent ... oh no cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen...
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Dr Zana Vathi @zanavathi.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Welcoming myself into BlueSky. Out of the dark, into the light. 🙌
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