Emilia Piętka-Nykaza
@emiliapn.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Centre of Migration,Diaspora, Citizenship and Identity @UWS. Working with migrants, researching social connections, population mobility and rural living.
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Hard to tell from this bland announcement just what the government plans for asylum appeals, so I’m trying not to speculate. But I’ve worked in the sector in various roles since 1987 & I’ve seen a lot of policy proposals come & go so I have Thoughts on the dysfunctional way we decide such things
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Tribunal system reforms to speed up asylum decisions
A new independent body will be set up to speed up decision making on asylum appeal cases.
www.gov.uk
August 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hard to tell from this bland announcement just what the government plans for asylum appeals, so I’m trying not to speculate. But I’ve worked in the sector in various roles since 1987 & I’ve seen a lot of policy proposals come & go so I have Thoughts on the dysfunctional way we decide such things
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How can Island Studies research support your work with communities, policy development & advocacy? Join us for an islands research briefing discussing
youth migration trajectories from Scottish & Danish islands, and the potential of the diaspora to support islands affected by depopulation.
#Islands
youth migration trajectories from Scottish & Danish islands, and the potential of the diaspora to support islands affected by depopulation.
#Islands
June 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
How can Island Studies research support your work with communities, policy development & advocacy? Join us for an islands research briefing discussing
youth migration trajectories from Scottish & Danish islands, and the potential of the diaspora to support islands affected by depopulation.
#Islands
youth migration trajectories from Scottish & Danish islands, and the potential of the diaspora to support islands affected by depopulation.
#Islands
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
British Election Study shows lack of voter ID did favour the Conservatives.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
theconversation.com/almost-2-mil...
Migration and Housing, if you are studying or are interested in the subject, this short reading is for you
Another excellent piece by @tomcalver.bsky.social on the often misused statistics about foreign nationals/foreign-born in social housing..
www.thetimes.com/article/cd0c...
www.thetimes.com/article/cd0c...
Immigrants are often accused of ‘taking all our houses’. Is it fair?
It is perhaps the most often heard complaint about migration: that people come to the UK and take housing that was meant for the British. Since the 1970s, anti-migrant feeling has been bound up with
www.thetimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Migration and Housing, if you are studying or are interested in the subject, this short reading is for you
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Unless I've missed it before, the Home Office just seem to have published an evaluation of immigration detention reform between 2016 and 2020, the foreword for which was written in 2022.... www.gov.uk/government/p...
Immigration detention reform programme: evaluation report
This report presents the findings of an evaluation of changes to policy and practice (2016 to 2020) made as part of the immigration detention reform programme.
www.gov.uk
January 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Unless I've missed it before, the Home Office just seem to have published an evaluation of immigration detention reform between 2016 and 2020, the foreword for which was written in 2022.... www.gov.uk/government/p...
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our call for papers for a special issue: "Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century?" edited with @ulrikebialas.bsky.social & #AryanKarimi
Deadline for abstracts: March 31st
More info: imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
Deadline for abstracts: March 31st
More info: imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
Call for Papers Special Issue: Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century? - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
imiscoe.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
our call for papers for a special issue: "Who is a Refugee in the 21st Century?" edited with @ulrikebialas.bsky.social & #AryanKarimi
Deadline for abstracts: March 31st
More info: imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
Deadline for abstracts: March 31st
More info: imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
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The docmentary NURSE UNSEEN chronicles how Filipino American nurses disproportionately died of COVID-19 in 2020. For Filipino audiences, the film has offered a rare chance to collectively grieve in ways our society has failed.
It is currently on the long list for Best Doc at the Academy Awards.
It is currently on the long list for Best Doc at the Academy Awards.
December 9, 2024 at 6:33 AM
The docmentary NURSE UNSEEN chronicles how Filipino American nurses disproportionately died of COVID-19 in 2020. For Filipino audiences, the film has offered a rare chance to collectively grieve in ways our society has failed.
It is currently on the long list for Best Doc at the Academy Awards.
It is currently on the long list for Best Doc at the Academy Awards.
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Some ideas for realistic changes in the immigration system that would reduce bureaucracy and improve integration wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/a-realisti...
November 25, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Some ideas for realistic changes in the immigration system that would reduce bureaucracy and improve integration wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/a-realisti...
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She discusses in particular how racialised, colonial and gendered aspects of migration intersect with the concept of family, as well as the implications of looking into citizenship by ancestry in the Brexit context.
November 25, 2024 at 1:25 PM
She discusses in particular how racialised, colonial and gendered aspects of migration intersect with the concept of family, as well as the implications of looking into citizenship by ancestry in the Brexit context.
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Job opportunity at the University of Strathclyde: Chancellor’s fellowship/Lythe lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Migration, funded by the Charlotte Lythe Bequest. Deadline 5 January 2025. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about our dept!
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Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow/Lythe Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Migration (667128)
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow/Lythe Lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Migration (667128),
Through our Strathclyde Global Talent Programme, we will recruit early career researchers to help us achieve S...
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November 20, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Job opportunity at the University of Strathclyde: Chancellor’s fellowship/Lythe lecturer in Race, Ethnicity and Migration, funded by the Charlotte Lythe Bequest. Deadline 5 January 2025. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about our dept!
strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...
strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Big day for reasoned debate on farms/inheritance today - a debate undermined by @BBCNews repeatedly and wrongly reporting as fact that “farms worth more than £1m would have to pay inheritance tax”. This is just flatly wrong in vast vast majority of cases
November 19, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Big day for reasoned debate on farms/inheritance today - a debate undermined by @BBCNews repeatedly and wrongly reporting as fact that “farms worth more than £1m would have to pay inheritance tax”. This is just flatly wrong in vast vast majority of cases
Dear lovely #migration scholars, I’m developing handbook for UG module on migration. I’m looking for #podcast recommendations. I’m happy to share the list once I get there
Reposting this starter pack. It’s full of migration scholars, activists, journalists etc. go.bsky.app/5sBuBm8
November 16, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Dear lovely #migration scholars, I’m developing handbook for UG module on migration. I’m looking for #podcast recommendations. I’m happy to share the list once I get there
Move to this platform to connect to others and learn about your work on #migration #population mobility, #rural living. Please give me a shout!
November 16, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Move to this platform to connect to others and learn about your work on #migration #population mobility, #rural living. Please give me a shout!
How young people #socialnetwork shape their desires to stay, move or return to #rural places sefari.scot/blog/2024/03...
What can young people's social connections tell us about their migration patterns in rural Scotland? | SEFARI
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November 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
How young people #socialnetwork shape their desires to stay, move or return to #rural places sefari.scot/blog/2024/03...