Migration Mobilities Bristol
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Migration Mobilities Bristol
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Research institute @universityofbristol 📚 Championing research on people, movement and social justice 🚀 Blogs, podcasts, conversations. Thinking outside the box 🥡 Visit us at https://migration.bristol.ac.uk/
On seeing crossings: Dover/Calais is a collaborative visual essay by nine people from MMB and Multiple Mobilities Research Cluster, New York coming out of several field trips to Dover and Calais. https://bit.ly/4nqrgW5
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you're in Bristol tomorrow, come along to hear MMB Director Bridget Anderson at the Philosophy Salon discussing the question 'Do we have a duty to rescue?' with David Edmonds and Julian Baggini. Use code PHIL5 for a 50% discount when booking👉 @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4oJGK8U
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
'Coping with protracted migration crises: the role of international organizations in the Syrian and Venezuelan displacements' - Çağla Ekin Güner and Ana Margheritis write on this critical issue in this week's MMB blog. Read the post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/3IZ97ke
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Have a listen to the new podcasts from the Centre for Sociodigital Futures - first episode features MMB Director Bridget Anderson discussing 'What sociodigital futures are being claimed?'
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Migration is in the news every day - the word thrown about as if it's always meant one thing. But should we accept this meaning? In the Migration Unboxed podcast we question the use of the term and examine how it's become tightly bound up with state power. Episode 1 here 👉 https://bit.ly/46CvfZq
September 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Citizen geopolitics: understanding the role of migrant naturalisation in the transformations in the Middle East' - Palada Ziss writes in the MMB blog about the need to rethink what citizenship is and does in the 21st century 👉👉 https://bit.ly/46qJKQV
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
'What caused Britain’s deadliest "small boat" disaster, and how can another be avoided?' MMB's Travis Van Isacker brilliantly unpacks the Cranston Inquiry to show how the politics and violence of border controls continues to lead to tragic loss of life in the Channel:
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What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?
The recent Cranston Inquiry has shed light on the rescue operation that failed to prevent the deaths of at least 30 people in the Channel.
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August 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Five episodes of Migration Unboxed are now available, all disrupting conventional thinking on migration. Here are our guests from Episode 5, discussing the radically interdisciplinary Bristol Approach with host Bridget Anderson! 🎧 Listen to all episodes here👉 https://bit.ly/3J5BFbs
August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Some of you might remember that we did a film screening of ‘African Apocalypse’ a few years ago. The film maker, Rob Lemkin, and this film have played an important role in lobbying the French Government to consider paying reparations for colonial massacres in Niger.

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France signals willingness to discuss reparations for colonial massacres in Niger
Exclusive: French government says it is open to dialogue but does not acknowledge responsibility in letter seen by the Guardian
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July 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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When it comes to migration governance, credibility matters 🤝

Join the Effective Migration Governance course to master the tensions, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s migration landscape.

📅 6–8 October 2024

📍 Florence, Italy

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July 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
How did rulers in the Middle Ages control who entered and who exited their territories? In 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 @bristoldublin.bsky.social joins colleagues across the disciplines to think through new ways of understanding migration through the ages. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H
July 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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EU AI regulations position themselves as human-centred. But priorities shift when it comes to 'border security'.

Read the new blog post by Stefka Schmid and Julia Mahlberg ⤵️

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July 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Lucy Donkin discusses the mobility of people and the portability of place in the latest episode of Migration Unboxed, drawing on her chapter in MMB's edited volume 'Rethinking Migration'.
Download the book for free here 👉 bit.ly/3TtigmE and listen to the full podcast episode here 👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H
July 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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From last week: Afghan scheme closed immediately and major changes to skilled worker route – statement of changes: HC 997 | Sonia Lenegan
Afghan scheme closed immediately and major changes to skilled worker route - statement of changes: HC 997 - Free Movement
As trailed in the immigration white paper but mysteriously absent from last week's statement of changes, the skilled worker is being overhauled with a view to
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July 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
'The carceral economies of asylum: who's working the border?' In the MMB blog Eda Yazici opens up the conversation about the working conditions and experiences of those working in the UK immigration system. Read the full post here 👉👉 bit.ly/44sxjDz
July 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Missed our webinar on the legal rights of irregular migrants in Europe?

You can now watch Clare Fox-Ruhs and Joakim Palme as they explore how institutional differences across countries shape responses to irregular migration

Watch the full discussion here: loom.ly/LblRniA

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July 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
'Music can cross ideological and geographical borders, but it can also help erect borders – nations are fundamentally constructed in sound.’ Florian Scheding highlights the importance of listening and the Arts in migration studies. Listen to the full episode of 🎧Migration Unboxed spoti.fi/3GdPjYT...
June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Natasha Carver joins co-authors from MMB's edited collection 'Rethinking Migration' to discuss how working across disciplines enabled them to radically rethink categories and assumptions about 'migration'. Listen to the full episode of 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 here 👉👉
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June 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Congratulations to Reunite Families UK for their 'Love in Limbo' event held in Parliament to highlight the harms caused by the UK family immigration system. You can watch the recording here (event starts at 9 minutes 50 seconds)
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Reunite Families UK's Personal Meeting Room
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June 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
‘"Find your village": activating migrant heritage community assets' - Tom Allport writes in the MMB blog about his co-produced research and advocacy project aiming to improve early child development, wellbeing and social connectedness for families with migration heritage. 👉👉 bit.ly/45Is83n
June 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Listen to the latest episode of The PRIME Project podcast, where Clare Fox Ruhs and Joakim Palme discuss how institutional differences between countries shape responses to irregular migration — and how they conceptualised and measured rights 👉
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June 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Session 2 of today’s #SSAHE event was Aqsa Suleman, @runnymedetrust.bsky.social,
Bridget Anderson, @mmbuob.bsky.social,
Maka Julios Costa, and
Camila Montiel Mccann. Rich insights in the hostile environment narrative and how to change it.

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June 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
'The Nation and its others' - a new commentary piece by MMB Director Bridget Anderson in Comparative Migration Studies. Open access download available here 👉👉 bit.ly/44p9UT6
The Nation and its others - Comparative Migration Studies
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June 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The latest episode of 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 discusses the Bristol Approach to migration and mobilities. Bridget Anderson talks to four authors from MMB's new volume 'Rethinking Migration' about working together in a radically interdisciplinary way. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! bit.ly/4f9Mogd
June 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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On 19 June, Helena from the Brexit Couples Project team presents "How family migration rules impact on people’s working lives" at the 'The Zero-Sum Game of Labour Exploitation' workshop, organised by Oxford Brookes University.

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The Zero-Sum Game of Labour Exploitation
Join us for a deep dive into the harsh reality of labour exploitation and the zero-sum game that perpetuates it.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM