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Nando Sigona
@nandosigona.bsky.social
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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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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
#AmericanDream still endures (despite Trump), @drernestocast.bsky.social explains, especially among migrants and prospective migrants who still see USA as a land of possibility and social mobility

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
Here @cecimenjivar.bsky.social explains the #inbetweenness of #temporaryprotection, a condition shared by more and more migrants across the globe.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
What does it actually mean to be “documented” or “undocumented” in the US?
And what is life like in between—under precarious statuses such as Temporary Protected Status?
No one is better placed to unpack this than @cecimenjivar.bsky.social
🎧 Listen to her on:
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S4 E3 Forever undocumented
Who Do We Think We Are?
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
The precarisation of permanent residence, the attack on #dualcitizenship, and the threat of #denaturalisation are not confined to Trump's America, and are finding strong echoes on this side of the Atlantic.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
The question we asked @drernestocast.bsky.social is there still space for migrants in the new Trumpified #americandream?

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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.
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
Hope and solidarity in the current climate of anti-immigration politics was at the core of @drernestocast.bsky.social episode as @michaelacbenson.bsky.social explains here.

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
The nexus between #freedomofspeech & #immigrationenforcement was one of the topics we touched in our conversation with @hebagowayed.bsky.social

You can listen to the full interview on whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... or any major podcast platforms!

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
With @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, author of "Making Sanctuary Cities" (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2025), we looked at the current tensions between cities & the federal administration on #immigrationenforcement

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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 4d
The final episode of #MAGA & #migration #podcast series dropped last week:
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...

@michaelacbenson.bsky.social & I reflect back on our conversations with 4 excellent guests: Cecilia Menjívar; Rachel Humphris, Ernesto Castañeda and Heba Gowayed

Brief recap🧵
S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK
Who Do We Think We Are?
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 7d
A (research) year-in-review from @irisbirmingham.bsky.social superdiversity.net/2025/12/16/a...
A (research) year-in-review from IRIS
We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2025 and share why it stands out for them. Here’s what they replied!1) Let’s start with the introduction to a Special Iss…
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Prof Michaela Benson @michaelacbenson.bsky.social · 7d
*NEW EPISODE ALERT* @nandosigona.bsky.social and I reflect on the pace of change when it comes to migration and Trump's MAGA project in this final episode of our Who do we think we are miniseries whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who... 1/
S4 E5 The pace of change: MAGA, the US, the UK
Who Do We Think We Are?
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 8d
Citizens on probation
#internationalmigrantsday
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Two flags, one soul
Six years ago, I became a British citizen.I paid the fee, passed the Life in the UK test, and stood through the citizenship ceremony. At the time, I documented each step in a series of blog posts—p…
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CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 8d
New government strategy on tackling violence against women and girls www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 8d
Today is #internationalMigrantsDay and we celebrate today in London as part of the Cultural Hangout Festival 2025 organised together with Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID). Our event is opened by 𝐑𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐞𝐥 dos Santos, Migrant Voice Trustee who welcomes everyone to the event

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 8d
Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay, and a chance to celebrate the contribution of migrant nursing staff to the profession and to patient care.

Without your dedication, our health and care system would cease to function. Explore our resources for international members ➡️ https://bit.ly/3XFjH3k
Royal College of Nursing appreciation poster with pink brushstroke stating 'THANK YOU' addressed to all migrant health and care workers, dated 18 December.

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IRIS @irisbirmingham.bsky.social · 10d
Co-authored by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @catherineruth.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... this @jcms-eu.bsky.social article examines how #Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared #European identity and belonging in the UK and EU
Brexit and the Emergence of a Transnational European Community of Practice: From Grassroots Mobilisations to Supranational Political Opportunity Structures in the Struggle for Citizens' Rights
Brexit ignited an unprecedented sense of shared European identity and belonging, catalysing pro-EU social movements among EU nationals in the United Kingdom and amongst British citizens residing in t....
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