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nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona
@nandosigona.bsky.social
3.2K followers 1.4K following 370 posts

Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
https://www.nandosigona.info
https://www.i-claim.eu
podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/
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nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 1h
The train service in the UK is pathetic; the only things that work ok is the online compensation system.
#crosscountry
#silverlining
#commuterlife

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 10h
There is a long tradition of right-wing populist leaders signing "contract" with "the people" (and then breaking them)
#farage #reform

In 2001, Silvio Berlusconi di it live on RAI 1, the Italian national broadcast.

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jdportes.bsky.social
Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 23h
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
writesbright.bsky.social Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 23h
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.

Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com

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iclaimeu.bsky.social
I-CLAIM Project @iclaimeu.bsky.social · 7d
Written by @nandosigona.bsky.social & @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social, The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition draws on research across 6 European countries to propose a new way of thinking about migrant ‘irregularity’

i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...

#hotoffthepress
Irregular migration as an assemblage - I-CLAIM
Rethinking irregular migration: a new I-CLAIM paper questions the categories, narratives, and policies that sustain ‘irregularity’.
i-claim.eu

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 8d
You can find our new report here: nandosigona.info/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
nandosigona.info

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 8d
Behind the law and labour market lies a machinery that churns out precarity.

#MigrationPolicy #PrecarityByDesign #ICLAIM

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 8d
#Migrants are not falling through cracks. They’re pushed.

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 8d
New @iclaimeu.bsky.social report by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and myself on the irregularisation of #migration in Europe and why we need to rethink how we think, talk and address the issue

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nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 11d
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
superdiversity.net

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 11d
Bumped into this quote from David, a Brazilian working in London we interviewed for #SansPapiers (@plutopress.bsky.social), it still captures so aptly a truth about being a long-term migrant:

'I've sent all the pictures I had to send': #migration and friendship nandosigona.info/2013/11/27/i...
‘I’ve sent all the pictures I had to send’: migration and friendship
I’m revising a chapter for the book (Pluto Press) on young undocumented migrants I’m writing with Alice Bloch and Roger Zetter and while I was writing about how young migrants’ re…
nandosigona.info

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centralaspace.bsky.social
Centrala @centralaspace.bsky.social · 17d
“Home. Delivered.” is based on research findings by @iclaimeu.bsky.social researchers Ilse van Liempt & Minke Hajer from the University of Utrecht, titled ‘Irregular migrants and precarity in the Dutch Food Delivery Sector’.

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britishineurope.bsky.social
British in Europe @britishineurope.bsky.social · 18d
As part of our EU-funded Inform, Connect, Empower project on the implementation of the #WithdrawalAgreement and EU Charter of Fundamental rights for UK citizens in the EU we have drafted a comprehensive legal report on implementation. bit.ly/49kAwYr
Legal Report on the WA and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights | British in Europe
As part of the work funded by the ICE project, we are now publishing a detailed legal report on Withdrawal Agreement implementation and the EU Charter of...
bit.ly

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sundersays.bsky.social
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18d
"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial
Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties
www.theguardian.com

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 18d
Me to chatgpt: Labour cabinet's topline messages as reported in media
Chatgpt: raise taxes; immigrants are bad; Israel is always right; Trump? No comment.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Reeves considers breaking manifesto pledge with income tax rise to fill £30bn gap
Exclusive: Treasury discussions include possibly adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates
www.theguardian.com

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sundersays.bsky.social
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19d
YouGov suggest support for deporting legal migrants at approx
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally

(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)

1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 19d
Strange world we live in — while everyone is talking about the #heist at the #Louvre in Paris, $230 million is about to ‘disappear’ from the Bank of America in Washington D.C., right in broad daylight.
#Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 19d
The moral squalor of this politics knows no bounds.
Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, they dig deeper.
And yet I'm not surprised.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office
Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefits
www.theguardian.com

nandosigona.bsky.social
Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 20d
In 2019 @rggonzales1.bsky.social @annapapoutsi.bsky.social Martha Franco and I described the repeated interactions between border agents and migrants attempting multiple times to board a ferry in Greece as a 'game of cat and mouse'.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 20d
The #1in1out scheme was always deemed to fail (and a compromise)... France can't detain anyone sent back from Britain and people will just try again, as they have always done
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man sent to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat
Exclusive: Asylum seeker says he made second crossing because he did not feel safe in France
www.theguardian.com

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irisbirmingham.bsky.social
IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 20d
So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...

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drernestocast.bsky.social
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 20d
What happens when people start to realize that immigration is not necessarily the cause of the problems they face? A myth-busting conversation on hope, solidarity, and change."

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drernestocast.bsky.social
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 20d
"The targeting of migrants & minoritized populations poses a serious challenge to the long-standing idea that if a person comes to the USA and works hard, they will enjoy social mobility and ‘success’.

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drernestocast.bsky.social
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 20d
"Who still believes in the American Dream? How long can its demolition hold in a country built on immigration?"
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
S4 E2 No place for migrants in the American Dream
Michaela and Nando talk to Ernesto Castañeda about what's left of the American Dream in Trump's America and countering anti-immigration rhetoric and politics.
whodowethinkweare.org