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Sarah Walker
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Social justice researcher - migration, inequality, exclusion, environment.
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Link to the paper I wrote w/ #AntonioMirizzi on our short research-based comic 'Il Gioco dell’Oca' (Snakes & Ladders). We discuss how the comic form offers the potential to contest binary logics, and instead draw out the complexities of young migrants' identities
www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3240/...
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28 days.
That's how long many newly-recognised refugees now have to find a home, get a job, open a bank account - to build a whole new life.
That means homelessness is inevitable for many people.
Read about the slashing of the move on period here 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Link to the paper I wrote w/ #AntonioMirizzi on our short research-based comic 'Il Gioco dell’Oca' (Snakes & Ladders). We discuss how the comic form offers the potential to contest binary logics, and instead draw out the complexities of young migrants' identities
www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3240/...
July 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Israel’s global trade in 2024 consisted of $91.5bn in imports and $61.7bn in exports.
Which countries trade the most with Israel and what do they buy and sell?
Israel’s global trade in 2024 consisted of $91.5bn in imports and $61.7bn in exports.
bit.ly
May 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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NEW: More than one hundred UK-based political academics have condemned Keir Starmer for “validating” the far-right with his immigration plans
Academics call out Keir Starmer for 'validating' far-right with immigration crackdown
www.thenational.scot
May 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The dystopia does not end. Libya—already frontline of Europe’s remote control migrant detention centres—now also being considered by US as destination for Palestinians of Gaza in the wake of genocide & ethnic cleansing by the Israeli state.

The liberation of Africans & Palestinians is inseparable.
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
www.nbcnews.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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"Surveillance Humanitarianism": As Gaza Starves, U.S.-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food
“Surveillance Humanitarianism”: As Gaza Starves, U.S.-Israeli Plan Would Further Weaponize Food
Israel has imposed a complete block on humanitarian aid into Gaza since March 2, with hundreds of trucks with lifesaving aid waiting at the border. Now many of Gaza’s kitchens have closed, and Palestinians...
www.democracynow.org
May 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Israel's "Crime of Apartheid": New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
Israel’s “Crime of Apartheid”: New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
A major new report by U.S. academics analyzes Israel’s occupation of Palestine under the legal framework of the crime of apartheid. The report was intentionally released on Nakba Day — the day that...
www.democracynow.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The Hostile Office never stops.

Everyone's talking about the new #Immigration White Paper, but what actually is it proposing? We unpack some of the key points, what this might mean for migrants and where the proposals just don't make any sense.

Read more buff.ly/OgPTE5T
May 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Un luogo in cui abitare: le politiche abitative per minori/giovani adulti stranieri"
seminario sui migranti minori senza famiglia organizzato da Istituzione G. F. Minguzzi e Centro Astalli
minguzzi.cittametropolitana.bo.it/Archivio_Att...
May 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Opening Monday! 'Asymmetric Visions' at #ZONAK by my colleagues at LIMINAL & Border Forensics
focusing on aerial survelliance in the med, the exhibition shines a light on surveillance operations & technologies in the central Mediterranean

zonaklife.it/evento/asymm...
Asymmetric Visions | Liminal / Border Forensics (IT/CH) | LIFE 2025
12 > 19 maggio ore 17:30 > 22:30 @ Fabbrica del Vapore | Installazione multimediale
zonaklife.it
May 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
15/04 presentazione del fumetto 'Il Gioco dell’Oca: Storie di crescita e migrazioni in un tiro di dadi' nell'ambito del progetto 'TUAS-Tutta un’altra storia' che vuole contribuire al superamento delle narrazioni divisive sulla migrazione.
apurimac.it/progetti/ita...
April 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
in @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
A court allowed Shin Bet interrogation transcripts as evidence
& rejected 46 out of 49 witnesses proposed by the defence, including UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, international humanitarian law experts & aid workers.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/italian...
Italian lawyers warn of rights violations against Palestinians facing terror charges
A court allowed Shin Bet interrogation transcripts as evidence against Palestinians accused of links to Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
www.middleeasteye.net
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Gaza hospitals face 'unprecedented' medicine shortages, health ministry warns
<article data-history-node-id="421061" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospitals-face-unprecedented-medicine-shortages-health-ministry" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospitals-face-unprecedented-medicine-shortages-health-ministry" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospitals face 'unprecedented' medicine shortages, health ministry warns</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hospitals and medical centres in Gaza are facing “dangerous and unprecedented” shortages of essential medicines as Israel’s blockade continues,&nbsp;Gaza’s Health Ministry warned, according to Al Jazeera.</p> <p>The ministry said 37 percent of essential drugs and 59 percent of medical supplies are completely out of stock, along with 54 percent of cancer and blood disease medications.</p> <p>Emergency, surgery, and intensive care units are operating with severely depleted life-saving treatments. Around 80,000 diabetic patients and 110,000 with high blood pressure are no longer receiving care.</p> <p>The ministry said Israel's siege that cut off Gaza from food, fuel and medicine, among other vital supplies,&nbsp;is worsening the crisis and creating “catastrophic” challenges for treating patients and the wounded.</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
April 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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In trying to avoid losses at the local elections Labour is all but guaranteeing losses later on. Labour's cruel and inhumane anti-immigration policies don't combat Reform's narrative. It embeds it as "mainstream". 3/ #r4today

westcountryvoices.co.uk/id-cards-and...
ID cards and Labour's ill-advised tactics on "fighting Reform"
Let’s break down a few things, both about ID cards and Labour’s ill-advised tactics on “fighting Reform”. First off, I personally don’t think ID cards would work in UK, because we are objectively bad ...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
interesting some Labour MPs concerned 'the government could return to the “hostile environment” for irregular migrants fostered by Theresa May as home secretary' following govt's increase in immigration raids.
hostile environment never really went away
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Home Office launches new immigration raids as it vaunts deportation numbers
Labour’s boasts about tough immigration stance prompt disquiet in party as it attempts to counter Reform threat
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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❌ Say NO to the Bill.

A new immigration Bill is working its way through Parliament. The second reading of the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (a.k.a the Border Security Bill) is on Monday 10th February and we're asking MPs to vote against it.

#SayNoToTheBill #RefugeesWelcome
February 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Se il mondo è narrazione, cambiare
narrazione può cambiare il mondo?"

... Il nuovo numero di #AnimazioneSociale- include anche il fumetto basato sulla mia ricerca di dottorato e postdoc (finanziato dalla The Leverhulme Trust) 'Il Gioco dell'Oca' realizzato con #AntonioMirizzi e #ChiaraSuanno
January 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Please circulate
January 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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The role of AI is rapidly expanding in migration technologies but who controls it - the State or technology providers? Albert Sanchez-Graells questions the security of current regulation in his blog on privatised border regulation, AI, MigTech and public procurement 👉👉 bit.ly/42nfSnc
January 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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While a wildfire rages along the US-Mexico border, military transports—including C-130s and Ospreys—are landing near Otay Mesa, not to fight fires but to stage a show of force on the border for the Trump admin

ADS-B data shows the collision of crisis response and border theatre
January 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The events not to be missed in Bologna during Arte Fiera 2025

https://www.internimagazine.com/agenda/fairs/gli-appuntamenti-da-non-perdere-bologna-arte-fiera-2025/

From 7 to 9 February, Bologna will host the 2025 edition of Arte Fiera: the last one led by artistic director Simone …#architecture
Cosa vedere a Bologna durante Arte Fiera 2025
Mostre, eventi e novità da non perdere dal 7 al 9 febbraio a Bologna, durante la settimana dedicata all'arte, tra novità e grandi ritorni
www.internimagazine.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Save the date! Event in London 4-7 Feb organised by #LIMINAL. Taking place over three days and across multiple locations, Lexicon II brings together scholars, artists, writers and activists to unpack two interrelated terms: "hostility" and "infrastructures of care”.
January 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM