"Having a visitor in detention was a way for me to forget about the walls I was caged in." We are developing a local, grassroot visiting group for Swinderby RSTHF and HMP Mortonhall. ⚡Join our information session to learn more and no commitment required: events.humanitix.com/avid-s-infor...

AVID Information Session - Immigration Detention and The Role of Visitors

An information session for people in Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire about providing support to people in the area who are incarcerated for immigration reasons.

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ICYMI: We published Victoria Taylor's update on how over 1,000 people seeking sanctuary have been prosecuted for "illegal arrival" since the offence was introduced in 2022. A stark look at how the law is actually being used, with the latest figures up to July 2025.

Over 1,000 people seeking sanctuary convicted of illegal arrival in the UK - Free Movement

Since June 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has prosecuted over a thousand people seeking asylum in the UK for the offence of ‘illegal arrival’,

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I missed this post last week because was on holiday — given what is happening in Spain right now seems a good time to check it out

Border Criminologies@bordercrim.bsky.social · 2w ago

Spain's regularisation was made possible by the joyful and creative mobilisation of migrant women. By foregrounding care, they helped secure legal status for the most vulnerable. Read today's blog post by Lauren Couraut ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

We've had a busy year! Find out what we've been up to in our annual report. 📚👇 Thank you to all our members, collaborators, supporters and followers, for continuing to show up for each other and bringing in renewed strength and commitment to critical scholarship. blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

For those of interested in border control see what our colleagues @bordercrim.bsky.social have been up to this year…

Mary Bosworth@mfbosworth.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's that time of year again, see the amazing stuff going at @bordercrim.bsky.social in our annual report... scroll down to link to the full report: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Very excited to have come home to this by my lovely @oxfordcrim.bsky.social colleague Alethia. A great new addition to the English langauge lit on immigration detention — all about detention in Mexico, based on years of research. We will formally launch it @bordercrim.bsky.social after the summer

It's that time of year again, see the amazing stuff going at @bordercrim.bsky.social in our annual report... scroll down to link to the full report: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Annual Report 2025-2026

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You can read more of Nicola's work on the UK/Rwanda asylum agreement on our blog! tinyurl.com/nikkipalmer

Negotiating a ‘fair price’ for migration partnerships

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Nicola Palmer@nicolapalmer.bsky.social · last wk.

The UK/Rwanda asylum agreement & the judicial review that found it unlawful relied on a deep racialisation of Rwanda, while leaving open the potential for regressive safe third country agreements. My paper is out with the LRIL @bordercrim.bsky.social @pashukanist.bsky.social @uctlaw.bsky.social

California’s largest immigration detention center has failed to comply with a judge’s orders to provide adequate healthcare, according to a court-appointed monitor who found the facility was struggling to meet a wide range of medical standards. The Cal... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights]

California’s largest ICE facility neglected detainees’ medical needs, monitor finds

Court-appointed investigator finds California City facility failed to comply with judge’s order to provide adequate healthcare

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Terrible news.

Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands

Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.

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The last prison minister escaped over the wall just hours before the latest scandal to engulf our collapsing criminal justice system. But there have been 13 of them in 10 years. Can Burnham be level with us about the size of the crisis he has to solve ? app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74224/...

We’re addicted to locking people up—but it doesn’t make any of us safer

Does Andy Burnham have the attention span, the will and the courage to tackle a collapsing justice system?

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Unison is recruiting a permanent Immigration Solicitor for its Legal Services team in London — £53,110 plus £7,170 London Weighting. A chance to work on strategically important litigation. We've got the details and how to apply on our site.

CoreCivic sold two of California's largest immigration detention centers to DHS for $1.5 billion and will keep operating both under its ICE contracts. Reporting by CalMatters. calmatters.org/justice/2026...

Over 25 young people have been forcibly removed to France as part of the UK's 'one in one out', despite flawed age assessments. Research from @jrsuk.bsky.social and @humansforrights.bsky.social show the scheme is putting children at risk. Read today's blog post ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Why can I hear a brass band with a snare drum playing Bella ciao in east oxford???

A week in limbo showed this author a form of border control that operates through ambiguity, opacity, and self-policing. Read today's blog post by Rameen Naseem ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

As the crisis in UK higher education and research deepens, the British Academy’s President, Susan J Smith (@sjs1869.bsky.social) has urged an immediate and comprehensive review to secure the sector's long-term sustainability. See the full statement: https://bit.ly/4v8jdks

Feeling really, really demoralised about the future of arts and humanities in UK universities, especially since our government doesn't care. It hurts worse when it's a purportedly left-wing government (ha) than when the Tories were gutting us.

A report has commended Derwentside detention centre for its ‘good’ outcomes – but no matter how much carceral spaces are ‘improved’ via reform, they still produce harm. Read today's blog post by Renzo Szkwarok ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

some good news from an Oxford college for once: www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/new-fully-fu...

New fully funded graduate scholarship to support refugee students at Oxford and Exeter College - Exeter College

Exeter College is delighted to announce the establishment of the Oxford–Exeter–Sandys Graduate Scholarship.

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Bizarre questions and an all-male ‘jury’: woman strangled by US pilot in Britain tells of airbase trial

Bizarre questions and an all-male ‘jury’: woman strangled by US pilot in Britain tells of airbase trial

Sarah Steele waives anonymity to call for greater scrutiny of how US military courts are allowed to ‘rip apart’ vulnerable witnesses in the UK * Why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England? * Explainer: how the US bypasses British courts A woman strangled by an American fighter pilot at his home in an English city has come forward to criticise the handling of his prosecution via a US court martial, a process she described as “military first, justice second”. Sarah Steele, a British academic, has come forward to speak about the “distressing and degrading” experience she had with the US military justice system after she was assaulted by the airman in Cambridge. Continue reading...

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Here we go: freemovement.org.uk/borders-insp...

New borders inspector publishes damning report on quality of asylum casework - Free Movement

In his first report as the new Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, former Immigration Services Commissioner John Tuckett has heavily criticised the

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A terrible story of a real 'two tiered' system created by wholly different legal processes that apply to members of the US military in the UK: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England?

Jacob Wulfson’s fellow airmen decided his fate after a court martial at RAF Lakenheath – a distressing week for Sarah Steele, the academic he assaulted

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Many are following this. Those at risk here on Exeter's Cornwall campus include myself and colleagues in Geography, Environmental Science, Marine Science, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Maths, Humanities, and 1/2 the Environment and Sustainability Institute. I really hope this can be resolved.

University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff

The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".

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***Blog Submissions from Undergraduates*** Our Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not From Here, will be running a short blog series this year highlighting the work of undergraduate students whose research engages with immigration and ethnic history. Interested? notfromhere@iehs.org

Marginalised communities living on India's riverine borderlands have been disproportionately impacted by a mass deletion of ‘doubtful’ voters – leaving some vulnerable to deportation. Read our latest blog post by Panchali Ray ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Two men who fled extreme danger in Afghanistan and Sudan have been handed prison sentences for 'endangering life at sea’, a cruel new offence that punishes the very people it claims to protect. Read the piece by @vickytaylor.bsky.social for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/a-cruel-new-...

A cruel new law is scapegoating refugees for UK’s harmful border policies

In court, I saw two refugees jailed for ‘endangering life at sea’ – a new offence that punishes those it claims to protect

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For oxford based people— is Oxford tube bus airconditioned?. Bit freaked out by all the warnings abt not attempting the train tomorrow.

These cuts are terrible for all impacted, but they will be an absolute death blow for humanities and social sciences teaching and research. (If anyone has kids planning to come to Exeter for one of these subjects next year, you might want to know about this.)

Ben Phillips@benphillips1989.bsky.social · last mo.

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

Thanks to @janethanderson.bsky.social, @svdberg.bsky.social & John Bosco Siboyintore for the opportunity to talk about all things relating to #Rwanda, border control & universal jurisdiction. @uctlaw.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social @benjaminthorne.bsky.social

Episode 160 – Universal Jurisdiction and Rwanda with John Bosco Siboyintore and Nicola Palmer

As universal jurisdiction gains momentum worldwide, we spoke with John Bosco Siboyintore and Nicola Palmer about its potential to close the accountability gap left by the 1994 Genocide Against the …

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