Italians are going to pay the price for Meloni’s nonsensical response to the Ceuta border crisis, driven more by domestic political calculation and an attempt to rekindle her relationship with Trump than by any coherent policy logic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spain to impose border controls against Italy as row over Ceuta migrant influx intensifies

Italy introduced border controls following an influx of about 78,000 migrants from neighbouring Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

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#Ceuta: an extraordinary migration event nandosigona.info/2026/07/31/c...

Ceuta: a migration crisis or a diplomatic message?

Nando Sigona The speed and scale of the arrivals in Ceuta are difficult to explain as an ordinary migration event. According to provisional Spanish estimates, around 50,000 people crossed from Moro…

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Ceuta: a migration crisis or a diplomatic message? nandosigona.info/2026/07/31/c...

Ceuta: a migration crisis or a diplomatic message?

Nando Sigona The speed and scale of the arrivals in Ceuta are difficult to explain as an ordinary migration event. According to provisional Spanish estimates, around 50,000 people crossed from Moro…

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The politics of #immigration is not a response to public anxiety, but one of the mechanisms through which anxiety is continuously reproduced and politically organised. Why public attitudes to immigration don’t respond to falling migration @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social share.google/Miyiujubucu7...

Why public attitudes to immigration don’t respond to falling migration | LSE British Politics

Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.

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Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, argues @nandosigona.bsky.social. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Why public attitudes to immigration don’t respond to falling migration | LSE British Politics

Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.

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Our Executive Director, Lavanya Pallapi: "This violence against racialised people, particularly Muslims and migrants, has been fanned by government, media and the state, funded by corporate actors and billionaires." 1/ jcwi.org.uk/updates/9-ju...

9 June Belfast Pogroms: JCWI Statement

This violence against racialised people, particularly Muslims and migrants, has been fanned by government, media and the state, funded by corporate actors and billionaires. The active participation of...

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We utterly condemn the violence being seen in Belfast and Glasgow. These are not "protests" they are race riots. They are far right fuelled attacks against communities, leaving people in fear. Women and children trapped in their homes by hostile mobs who threaten violence against them.

The Home Office's latest measures on international student recruitment raise questions that go beyond immigration policy, write @nandosigona.bsky.social Under new rules, universities will be judged against stricter visa refusal, enrollment and course completion targets. #mustread #immigration

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New #HomeOffice rules measure universities through immigration compliance metrics while ignoring how surveillance and immigration control shape international students’ lives and chances of success. nandosigona.info/2026/06/05/w... #hostileenvironment #migration #internationalstudents

The Home Office's answer to every policy problem appears to be: "give the Home Office more power." Employers, landlords, banks and universities have all been enrolled into #immigrationenforcement.

289 of the 1,248 players at the 2026 #WorldCup were born in a country different from the one they represent. Paris is the world's leading exporter of #football talent: it's the most common birthplace among World Cup players...

#Labour doubled #immigrationraids in Birmingham, but what did they achieve? i-claim.eu/the-home-off...

“The Home Office is everyone”: Immigration Raids in Birmingham under Labour - I-CLAIM

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Just came across this TedX talk I gave 13 years ago, where I called for a regularisation of irregularised migrant children in the UK. It still hasn't happened. It is still urgently needed. youtu.be/mG4FsNiIs1o?... #regularization #irregularmigrants #undocumentedmigrants

The UK's DREAMers? Undocumented children in Britain: Nando Sigona at TEDxEastEnd

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Really enjoyed recording this episode of Conversation with Iris with Nandita Sharma (@nsharma101.bsky.social). Nandita examines the historical and political production of migration, borders, and national belonging, with a particular focus on the figure of the migrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI6L...

Boundaries of membership and the figure of the migrant: Conversation with Nandita Sharma

YouTube video by IRiS - Institute for Research into Superdiversity

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IRiS Director @nandosigona.bsky.social quoted in this important Reuters piece on the risks faced by Syrian minorities denied asylum in Europe. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Syrian minorities refused asylum in Europe as rejections surge

European governments are toughening their stance on applications from Syria, now ‌dictator Bashar al-Assad has gone and the country's 14-year civil war is over.

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I was interviewed for this piece on Spain's regularisation scheme in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/s...

Spanish Immigration Is Different

Madrid is preparing for one of the most ambitious regularization schemes in European history.

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Final Joint Policy Meeting - Brussels | New insights on irregular migration I-CLAIM, DignityFIRM & PRIME brought together experts and policy makers to discuss vulnerabilities, public attitudes & EU responses. It also featured the screening of the Documentary 'The Others'. #EUResearch #Migration

Migration regime produces oven-read disposable workers i-claim.eu/project/immi...

Immigration Status and Labour Conditions: Migrant workers in Agriculture, Delivery and Logistics, and Domestic and Care Work in Europe - I-CLAIM

This report compares the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure residence status across agriculture, domestic work, and delivery sectors in six European countries. Based on 244 interv...

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Uncertain Grounds: Reframing Migration in Europe is a group exhibition of art projects curated by Centrala and commissioned by @iclaimeu.bsky.social #finalconference #brussels When around in Brussels check it out - galerie demeester 🥰

Not an easy task: capturing three years of @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the living and working conditions of migrant workers with insecure legal status in Europe in just 100 seconds. Suffice to say, there is much more to read, watch and lister on our website www.i-claim.eu

Very effective video by @iclaimeu.bsky.social summarising three years of research on the living and working conditions of migrant workers with insecure legal status in Europe in 100 seconds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1r7...

Irregularised migrant workers in Europe

YouTube video by I-CLAIM

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Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of the proposed Return Regulation. Davide Colombi asks what this will do to EU migration policy in a timely commentary, highlighting its similarities to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Read more: www.ceps.eu/the-return-r...

A new @iclaimeu.bsky.social policy brief sheds light on the gendered dynamics at play in Europe's migration systems. The paper reveals how Europe’s migration frameworks and gender-segregated, precarious labour markets drive "irregular" status for migrants. Read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...

The final event of the 3-year research project on irregularised migration @iclaimeu.bsky.social in Brussels at the Committee of the Regions. Panels chaired by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social present research and policy recommendations can also be found on the website i-claim.eu

🚨New I-CLAIM policy brief shows how migration, labour & family policies in the EU produce migrant irregularity along gendered lines. Based on research in FI, DE, IT, NL, PL & UK. By @davidecolombi.bsky.social, @lnare.bsky.social & Paula Merikoski i-claim.eu/project/gend... #Migration #GenderEquality

Gender, households and the production of irregularity in Europe - I-CLAIM

This Policy Brief shows that access to residence security and family life is increasingly conditioned by continuous employment, income thresholds, housing requirements and employer sponsorship.

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Launching the UK policy brief on immigration policy and precarious migrant labour in Birmingham. Immigration Policy and Precarious Migrant Labour in the UK - I-CLAIM share.google/StKx04hPl8fr...

and it doesn’t seem to matter that the people involved, not the countries, have paid thousands of pounds to the British treasury (not to smugglers) in visa, NHS and education fees.

4 updates from IRIS. ➜Racial Logics of hashtag#IrregularMigration: new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on how race and #racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe: in collaboration with @enareurope.bsky.social i-claim.eu/project/raci...

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe. Policy, Perception, and Precarity - I-CLAIM

This report examines how race and racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe. Drawing on comparative research in Finland, Germany, Italy, the...

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New piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social: A different path – the #regularisation of migrants in #Spain. At a time of rising xenophobia across Europe, Spain is charting a different course. What does it reveal about the failures of the wider European approach? www.meltingpot.org/en/2026/02/a...

A different path: the regularisation of migrants in Spain

The Spanish model in today's anti-migration Europe

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New rules for dual citizens reflect how states are adapting citizenship to a digital age of control and surveillance. 👉 Read the full analysis on @theconversation.com UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age theconversation.com/uks-new-pass...

UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age

The number of people holding both British and EU passports increased significantly between 2011 and 2021.

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Thanks for coming to the public library in Utrecht tonight where we screened the @iclaimeu.bsky.social commissioned video ‘Home-Delivered’ curated by Centrala and produced by Radu featuring food delivery workers’ experiences in the city