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Charlotte O'Brien

@cobrien.bsky.social

Professor of Law, University of York (she/her). Social security; EU law; discrimination; migration; social justice.

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Madeleine Sumption@msumption.bsky.social · 5h ago

If you're looking for some light summer reading, there's still time to snap up your copy! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-i...

What Is Immigration Policy For?

What Is Immigration Policy For?; This book explores what immigration policy seeks to achieve and why so many people end up unhappy with the outcome. Drawing on decades of research and examples from hi...

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Madeleine Sumption@msumption.bsky.social · 5h ago

A piece on my book "What is Immigration Policy For?" in Civil Service World - featuring the curious case of the UK's troubled attempts to admit migrant investors, among other things www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...

Liam Thorp@liamthorp.bsky.social · 3d ago

Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 3w ago

Massive shout-out to the A-MAZ-ING people who read the proposal and advised me along the way, especially @colinyeo.bsky.social, @drproudman.bsky.social, Zoe Forbes and Rebecca Tomlinson. YOU ROCK! ❤️

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 3w ago

WAAAH! I can't believe I'm typing this - but I have a book contract for a non-fiction book for a general audience with @brisunipress.bsky.social to challenge damaging rhetoric about immigration and welfare, arguing that xenophobic law-making goes hand-in-hand with punishing the poor and hurts us all

Quotes from peer reviewers for the book proposal: This is well put together and definitely leaves me wanting to read the full book which I think will be both gripping and challenging. The writing style is perfect, clear for a general audience, but also engaging to practitioners a project of deep social and political significance. This is a very strong proposal – intellectually ambitious, empirically grounded, provocative, timely. It is also very well written There really isn’t anything quite like this. It is groundbreaking.
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4w ago

I go on quite a lot about Reform’s migration plans but not enough people seem to realise the effect they would have on hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have made their lives here. It would be Windrush x 20.

Simon Parker@sparkerworld.bsky.social · last mo.

How have the rights of EU nationals in the UK fared 10 years after the Brexit referendum? UK immigration policy after Brexit: the EU settlement scheme, citizens’ rights and the rise of judicialised governance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... First 50 eprints are free so hurry while stocks last!

UK immigration policy after Brexit: the EU settlement scheme, citizens’ rights and the rise of judicialised governance

This paper draws on documentary analysis and interviews with key stakeholders to investigate the development of UK immigration policy after Brexit with respect to EU/EEA nationals. While the comman...

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Colin Yeo@colinyeo.bsky.social · last mo.

A few token places on safe and legal routes for refugees cannot in any way mitigate or atone for what this government has done and is doing on asylum or immigration policy. A thread trying to be clear-eyed about this.

Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The EU's asylum pact applies from today - here's a reminder of my blog posts on this legislation from when it was agreed 1/ The new 'qualification regulation' - on the definition of 'refugee' and 'subsidiary protection' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-...

The New EU Asylum Laws, part 1: the Qualification Regulation

Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London* Photo credit : Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons *sentences with an asterisk ...

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Snigdha@snig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very illuminating thread on how the Brexit documentary is wall to wall men, virtually no women. bsky.app/profile/cobr...

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ann Kempster@annkempster.com · 2mo ago

Brexit. Reform. All this right wing shit. It's men from top to bottom. If we're not viewing all of this through a feminist lens, we're doing it wrong. This thread is utterly enraging.

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Kate Allen@kateallen.ft.com · 2mo ago

I was a political reporter during #Brexit. I remember watching Boris Johnson drive that Leave truck out of that trading estate at the start of the campaign. I followed it to see where it went. It parked up around the corner.

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⬇️ The 2016 referendum campaign was stunningly male-dominated. Newspapers privileged male voices over female by 85% to 15%. TV coverage favoured men by 3:1. In the press, 90% of business voices were male & 85% of politicians. This was markedly worse than in *1975*. blog.lboro.ac.uk/crcc/eu-refe...

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Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Pete Morgan@mobymooby.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great thread On the same topic the latest episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social is well worth a listen, not least to hear the sheer exasperation of @rafaelbehr.bsky.social in full flow bsky.app/profile/ohgo...

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Have been alerted this thread might be of interest, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social, @rmcunliffe.bsky.social and @mattgreencomedy.com!

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Charlotte O'Brien@cobrien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Carry on Campaigning? Or Brexit as Not-So-Jolly Gents' Japes, plus Wives and Sisters making dinner. I have just done a rough and ready analysis of the 'talking head' contributions to the BBC's 'Brexit: a Very British Civil War'. A short 🧵about this Blokey Affair: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Brexit: A Very British Civil War - Series 1: 1. Demons Unleashed

The promise of a referendum helps David Cameron win a majority. Nigel Farage starts to campaign for Brexit. Boris Johnson and Michael Gove decide whether to back Leave or Remain.

bbc.co.uk

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great how CSJ's report came out in the same week as the actual independent review into youth unemployment, which specifically found that immigration was not a main driver of youth unemployment. www.gov.uk/government/p...

277. The relationship between immigration and the youth labour market needs to be treated carefully. This review does not find evidence that migration is a primary driver of rising NEET levels. The main forces identified in this chapter lie elsewhere: weaker entry routes, a harder transition into work, and a labour market that has become less effective at bringing young people in.278. That does not mean migration is irrelevant. Young people and migrant workers may compete for some of the same jobs, particularly in lower-paid sectors. Net migration has been historically high over recent years, concentrated in the sectors that serve as primary entry points for young workers: hospitality, social care, food processing, warehousing, agriculture. In hospitality for example, 31% of workers are Migrant workers typically have arrived with prior experience and a willingness to work irregular hours. If an employer has a choice between someone who is 28 with five years of experience and some who is 18 with no work history, the hiring decision can be economically rational. immigrants and 36% young. [footnote 260] 279. But the relationship between migration and youth employment is not straightforward. The effect depends on how employers recruit, how labour demand adjusts, and whether changes in migration alter the number, quality and conditions of jobs on offer. The current evidence does not support a simple displacement story.283. Conversely, it could be argued that too many employers have been on 'easy street' for too long, able to source labour from overseas whilst ignoring labour supply closer to home. Now they face the consequences, alongside a sharp dilemma. The question is whether they are prepared to change their recruitment, on-boarding and employment practices to attract more young workers from the UK into their workplaces. Lower migration will not, by itself, solve the problems described in this chapter. A reduction in labour supply from overseas does not automatically create better opportunities for young people from the UK. It is possible that we will see employers responding to hard-to-fill vacancies by upskilling existing staff or extending their hours of work rather than recruiting new workers. Much depends on whether employers are willing to change their recruitment behaviour and whether public policy will aid them in doing so. But falling levels of net migration could create a big potential opportunity for helping address the NEET crisis if both can be made to happen in tandem. If government wants more young people in work, it will need to influence employers' behaviour, entry routes, and the systems that support transition into employment.
Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As misleading headlines go, that has to be up there with some of the worst! As is the claim that "Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s." The "shocking new study" does NOT show that at all 🙄 🧵 1/21

Express Headline: Twenty-seven young foreign workers hired for every one Brit as immigration fuels unemployment crisis. Immigration is fuelling mass unemployment among under-25s, according to a shocking new study.