As part of Refugee Week 2026, we are delighted to announce this special event - “Stories from Between Places: Myanmar life in Mae Sot and Sheffield” featuring Nay Myo Htet on “Living in the In-Between.” 📆June 15th 2026 📍Friend Meeting House, Manchester ⏰ 5 - 7:30pm 🔗 Register below!

On 18 June 2026 we will then welcome US-Eritrean scholar Dawit Woldu (Houston-Clear Lake) for a talk on "Eritrean Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the US - Challenges and Achievements". See poster for event details 🌎👊🔥

The Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Munich University will organise an Action Day, 16 June 2026, with discussion events, invited activists and a film screening on Rohingya refugees ("When the Water Horse Seeks a New Home", Andrianus „Oetjoe“ Merdhi, 2026).

As part of Refugee Week 2026, The University of Manchester is hosting an event on campus for staff and students: 📆18th June ⏰1 - 2pm 🔗 Sign up: The University of Manchester: A University of Sanctuary explored. – Fill in form [forms.office.com]

📚Check out the insightful ‘Border Afterlives’ - a new book by archaeologist Gabriella Soto Soto focuses on migrant border-crossing mortality, how and why these deaths occur, and the often inadequate forms of forensic death investigation this population receives in the aftermath.

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By Gabriella Soto While finishing my book, Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting, I dragged my partner to bookstores across the Phoenix area to he...

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Check out this insightful interview with migration studies pioneer Nina Glick Schiller 🎤 Nina is the visionary behind the Network. Nina is joined by Karina Quintanilha whose research examines how law, labour and inequality shape migrant lives across borders today 🌍

‼️Event announcement: Arizona State University is hosting a one day event titled ‘Immigration Enforcement, Resistance, and Narratives Through the Lens of Mixed-Status Families’. 📍W. P. Carey Foundation Armstrong Great Hall 📆April 9th ⏰9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Register here: tiny.cc/mixtedstatusapril9

From Shahram Khosravi, an essay on the Network's blog page that originally appeared in "Cabinet Magazine," that is an essential read for our times: "Unmaking is never the end of the story. The will to remake again is not born outside defeat but inside it."  🔥💪🌍

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By Shahram Khosravi Originally published in Cabinet Magazine . 2026. Issue 21 (July) https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/71/khosravi.php See original article for images that accompany the pi...

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We invite you to co-sign an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Mark Carney opposing Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act. Our collective voice adds critical weight at a moment when the bill is before the Senate and can still be stopped or amended.

Open Letter to the Rt. Hon. Mark Carney — Re: Bill C-12

Dear Prime Minister Carney, We write to you as international migration scholars and practitioners deeply concerned about Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act. We ar...

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Professors Tricia Redeker Hepner and Richard G Newhauser call out university administration for failing to show courage to state that ICE is unwelcome nor care for its own community. At each of their campuses, they are organizing independently of management to do what our leadership has not. 💪🔥

Op-ed: ASU needs to show courage and stand up to ICE

Unlike some Valley schools, ASU has shown neither courage to say that ICE is unwelcome nor care for its own community.

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“Outsmarting Sanctions" - Emrah Yildiz brings us into a human story, tracing cross-border trade from Iran to Turkey showing it as a form of experimentation in mitigating US sanctions. 🚫🌍🧠⚖️ Link to open access article below! 🔗https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/amet.70050

🌍The Global Strategic Litigation Council: ⚖️The Council advances the rights of displaced communities through strategic litigation and advocacy. Our collective power enables forcibly displaced people to rebuild their lives with dignity and in safety. www.global-council.org

‼️Check out: Stuck in the Law: Migration, Paperwork and Absurdity in Milan, Italy": This compelling article by anthropologist Stefano Pontiggia describes the migratory experience of Merule, a Nigerian migrant whose situation uncovers specific paradoxical effects of the Italian migration regime.

💻Join us for this upcoming webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research Hosted by the ASA International Migration Section 📆Friday, February 6 at 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST NewSchool.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Navigating Methodological & Ethical Challenges in Migration Research. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Immigrant Defense Project (IDP): Resources IDP provides invaluable resources in one central place. Theirs is an invaluable, multipronged strategy of advocacy, litigation, legal advice and training, community defense, grassroots alliances, and strategic communications.

Detention Landscapes - an evidence based platform which profiles detention centres in Greece and Italy, in which migrants are being held and treated abhorrently. @borderviolence.bsky.social @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social

📚 Migration as Anchorage: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London by Michelle Obeid ~ On a temporary visit to London, a Palestinian family found themselves unable to return to Gaza during Israel’s 2008 war on their city. www.berghahnbooks.com/title/ObeidM...

Migration as Anchorage: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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📚 Book Recommendation 📚 A rare look at the phenomenon of onward migration, The Horizon Line explores the complexities of this form of movement and brings to life the world of these “twice migrants” through comics. An empathetic deep dive into the continual movement required of migrants.

A snapshot of just some of the 37 events which took place for our Global Teach In/Out. We would like to say a massive thank you to all of our organisers - without you, this would not have been possible. Your leadership, creativity and bravery to challenge harmful narratives has been awe-inspiring. ❤️

Discover ‘Crossing Lines’, a powerful graphic anthology co-created by migration scholars and comics artists to explore topics such as displacement identity, and community. utppublishing.com/doi/preview-...

Our Global Teach In/Out was a massive success! We had 37 events worldwide (check out our map below!) facilitating meaningful discussion and open dialogue surrounding issues relating to migration. A wonderful day of learning, advocacy, and understanding ✊🌍❤️ www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

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Add your project or event to our global map: https://forms.gle/cv8RDyprAVnj9W3i7 > We invite all scholars, activists, and community members working on migration topics to participate and help buildin...

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Full list of events for our Global Teach In/Out: Find one near you! 🌍 migrationscholarsmobilize.org/upcoming-eve...

Tomorrow’s Global Teach In/Out is fast approaching! We are so excited to announce even more events which aim to hold space for meaningful conversation surrounding migration 🌎✊ keep an eye on our posts to find an event near you! Check out the poster below for details of this event!

Tomorrow’s Global Teach In/Out is fast approaching! We are so excited to announce even more events which aim to hold space for meaningful conversation surrounding migration 🌎✊ keep an eye on our posts to find an event near you! Check out the poster below for details of this event!

Tomorrow’s Global Teach In/Out is fast approaching! We are so excited to announce even more events which aim to hold space for meaningful conversation surrounding migration 🌎✊ keep an eye on our posts to find an event near you! Check out the poster below for details of this event!

Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!

Event announcement! 🔔 Join us for this event, as part of our Global Teach In/Out initiative 🌎 where we will partake in meaningful discussions and stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants everywhere. See poster for all details!