AnnSingleton.bsky.social
@annsingleton.bsky.social
Reader in Migration Policy, University of Bristol.
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European Parliament's draft position on the proposed revised EU law on migrant smuggling is out - crucially states that humanitarian assistance cannot be a crime - www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
- might not be accepted by majority of MEPs (the rapporteur is a German Social Democrat) 1/
- might not be accepted by majority of MEPs (the rapporteur is a German Social Democrat) 1/
www.europarl.europa.eu
March 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
European Parliament's draft position on the proposed revised EU law on migrant smuggling is out - crucially states that humanitarian assistance cannot be a crime - www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
- might not be accepted by majority of MEPs (the rapporteur is a German Social Democrat) 1/
- might not be accepted by majority of MEPs (the rapporteur is a German Social Democrat) 1/
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Can Frontex be held accountable for participating in allegedly illegal actions? Arguments at last week's CJEU hearing, summarised by Jan-Hendrik Seelow: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/hand...
(thanks to @ourborderwatch.bsky.social)
(thanks to @ourborderwatch.bsky.social)
Hands On, Eyes Closed? CJEU Grand Chamber hearing on Frontex’s role in unlawful pushbacks (WS and Others v Frontex, C-679/23 P)
Jan-Hendrik Seelow , Dutch Council for Refugees* *The Dutch Council for Refugees has closely worked with the applicant’s counsel to supp...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Can Frontex be held accountable for participating in allegedly illegal actions? Arguments at last week's CJEU hearing, summarised by Jan-Hendrik Seelow: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/02/hand...
(thanks to @ourborderwatch.bsky.social)
(thanks to @ourborderwatch.bsky.social)
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Book launch: Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control - Colonial legacies and the experiences of migrants in Mexico by Erika Herrera Rosales
Date: Feb 26th, 2025 - 16:00 -17:00 UK, Online
To attend, register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Date: Feb 26th, 2025 - 16:00 -17:00 UK, Online
To attend, register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
February 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Book launch: Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control - Colonial legacies and the experiences of migrants in Mexico by Erika Herrera Rosales
Date: Feb 26th, 2025 - 16:00 -17:00 UK, Online
To attend, register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Date: Feb 26th, 2025 - 16:00 -17:00 UK, Online
To attend, register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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🚨 New article from our AFAR project w
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨 New article from our AFAR project w
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
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On Tuesday, 4 February at 09:00, the CJEU Grand Chamber will hear a landmark case against Frontex, addressing the crucial question: Can Frontex be held accountable for its role in illegal pushbacks – a practice systematically employed at the EU’s external borders? We will cover the hearing live 🔊
January 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On Tuesday, 4 February at 09:00, the CJEU Grand Chamber will hear a landmark case against Frontex, addressing the crucial question: Can Frontex be held accountable for its role in illegal pushbacks – a practice systematically employed at the EU’s external borders? We will cover the hearing live 🔊
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The discovery of 4,500 bodies buried on the site of a former Bristol workhouse in Stapleton reveals a haunting glimpse into Victorian poverty and resilience | Mike Jempson
Unearthing lives of the forgotten: the Stapleton workhouse tragedy
The discovery of 4,500 bodies buried on the site of a former Bristol workhouse in Stapleton reveals a haunting glimpse into Victorian poverty and resilience
westenglandbylines.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The discovery of 4,500 bodies buried on the site of a former Bristol workhouse in Stapleton reveals a haunting glimpse into Victorian poverty and resilience | Mike Jempson
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🚨⚠️TRIAL ALERT: Palestinian refugee faces smuggling charges in Lesvos 6 February 2025 in Mytilene⚠️🚨
www.legalcentrelesvos.org
#borderviolence #stopthepolicestate #endimpunity #endpushbacksnow
www.legalcentrelesvos.org
#borderviolence #stopthepolicestate #endimpunity #endpushbacksnow
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨⚠️TRIAL ALERT: Palestinian refugee faces smuggling charges in Lesvos 6 February 2025 in Mytilene⚠️🚨
www.legalcentrelesvos.org
#borderviolence #stopthepolicestate #endimpunity #endpushbacksnow
www.legalcentrelesvos.org
#borderviolence #stopthepolicestate #endimpunity #endpushbacksnow
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🌍 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 '𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 #𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 #𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘' ✊ Over the next year we will publish a series of anonymised testimonies of #pushbacks, to show that behind every statistic, there is a person risking their life to reach #Europe. legalcentrelesvos.org/stories-of-b...
February 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🌍 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 '𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 #𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 #𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘' ✊ Over the next year we will publish a series of anonymised testimonies of #pushbacks, to show that behind every statistic, there is a person risking their life to reach #Europe. legalcentrelesvos.org/stories-of-b...
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on italian & eu investment in drone surveillance: problems & costs of a militaristic & racist escalation that is misnamed as “migration policy” instead of “promotion of death, systemic crimes & discrimination to bury rights & the rule of law”
irpimedia.irpi.eu/sorveglianze...
irpimedia.irpi.eu/sorveglianze...
I silenzi della guardia di finanza sui droni impiegati nel Mediterraneo
Sono in grado di decollare verticalmente dalle navi e saranno utilizzati lungo le rotte dei migranti. Non è chiaro in che modo. Quello che sappiamo dall’esempio di Frontex, però, è preoccupante: potre...
irpimedia.irpi.eu
February 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
on italian & eu investment in drone surveillance: problems & costs of a militaristic & racist escalation that is misnamed as “migration policy” instead of “promotion of death, systemic crimes & discrimination to bury rights & the rule of law”
irpimedia.irpi.eu/sorveglianze...
irpimedia.irpi.eu/sorveglianze...
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1/ This goes beyond a criticism of the EU Digital Services Act (on the grounds that the US First Amendment should apply worldwide). It argues the EU should not apply its *competition* law to US tech companies on the EU market either. A rejection of the very idea of the EU regulation of its market.
🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. government under incoming President Donald Trump should intervene to stop the EU from fining American tech companies for breaching antitrust rules and other violations, Meta chief exec Mark Zuckerberg said late Friday.
Full story: trib.al/IWW9g57
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.
trib.al
January 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
1/ This goes beyond a criticism of the EU Digital Services Act (on the grounds that the US First Amendment should apply worldwide). It argues the EU should not apply its *competition* law to US tech companies on the EU market either. A rejection of the very idea of the EU regulation of its market.
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Our chapter 'No alternative but Europeanisation: slow violence and critical imaginaries in/from/with South East Europe' is now out in this important co-edited volume.
Writing with @drdeiana.bsky.social and working with the editors and all the authors was a real treat — thank you!
Writing with @drdeiana.bsky.social and working with the editors and all the authors was a real treat — thank you!
January 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Our chapter 'No alternative but Europeanisation: slow violence and critical imaginaries in/from/with South East Europe' is now out in this important co-edited volume.
Writing with @drdeiana.bsky.social and working with the editors and all the authors was a real treat — thank you!
Writing with @drdeiana.bsky.social and working with the editors and all the authors was a real treat — thank you!
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I'm very excited to announce that my new book SUM OF US: A History of the UK in Data will be published this April by Bridge Street Press/ Little Brown.
It feels very timely & future-facing considering it's a history book! I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reactions.
It feels very timely & future-facing considering it's a history book! I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reactions.
January 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm very excited to announce that my new book SUM OF US: A History of the UK in Data will be published this April by Bridge Street Press/ Little Brown.
It feels very timely & future-facing considering it's a history book! I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reactions.
It feels very timely & future-facing considering it's a history book! I had a lot of fun writing it and I can't wait to hear people’s reactions.
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Doreen Massey, Athusserian Marxism, computational social science, urban policy and a twist of Mark Fisher: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
WHEN WE WERE ALMOST MODERN? Theory, methods and politics in The Centre for Environmental Studies, 1966–1975
This article re-examines the history of the UK Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) between 1966 and 1975. Using archival materials and interviews, the article details the role of the CES in attemp...
doi.org
January 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Doreen Massey, Athusserian Marxism, computational social science, urban policy and a twist of Mark Fisher: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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Ab excellent opportunity to work and train in the world's most famous library. Go for it!
Oxford’s one-year full-time traineeships provide an excellent launch pad for subsequent postgraduate qualifications & a professional career.
For more on the scheme, see tinyurl.com/mr2ff78h
For more on the scheme, see tinyurl.com/mr2ff78h
Bodleian Libraries Graduate Training Scheme
The Bodleian Libraries Graduate Trainee Scheme aims to develop future professionals and is the largest library training scheme in the UK
tinyurl.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Ab excellent opportunity to work and train in the world's most famous library. Go for it!
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Historians concerned about potential government plans to destroy millions of historical wills to save on storage costs www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts
Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Historians concerned about potential government plans to destroy millions of historical wills to save on storage costs www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
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Register here for this online launch population-europe.eu/events/beyon...
December 13, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Register here for this online launch population-europe.eu/events/beyon...
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Researchers @crossdale.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social, & @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social et al published on climate protest crack downs and unfortunately #auspol comes out on top of some worrying statistics. It isn't your imagination, we are being arrested more than other comparable nations...
Happy to have worked on this with @berglundoscar.bsky.social @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social Tie Franco Britto and Christina Pantazis.
UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK leads on arrests, but bigger story is the global elite consensus on repressing activism to avoid real action on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Researchers @crossdale.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social, & @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social et al published on climate protest crack downs and unfortunately #auspol comes out on top of some worrying statistics. It isn't your imagination, we are being arrested more than other comparable nations...
Register here for this online launch population-europe.eu/events/beyon...
December 13, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Register here for this online launch population-europe.eu/events/beyon...
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Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos #Refugees
Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos • Sea-Watch e.V.
Der Beitrag Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos erschien zuerst auf Sea-Watch e.V. .
sea-watch.org
December 13, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Joint Statement for the State Crime of Pylos #Refugees
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As part of @biggive.bsky.social's Christmas Challenge, every donation made to INQUEST until midday 10 December will be DOUBLED!
Help us to continue supporting families bereaved by deaths in police custody, prisons and mental health services.
Please donate & share if you can bit.ly/biggive-2024
Help us to continue supporting families bereaved by deaths in police custody, prisons and mental health services.
Please donate & share if you can bit.ly/biggive-2024
December 4, 2024 at 5:47 PM
As part of @biggive.bsky.social's Christmas Challenge, every donation made to INQUEST until midday 10 December will be DOUBLED!
Help us to continue supporting families bereaved by deaths in police custody, prisons and mental health services.
Please donate & share if you can bit.ly/biggive-2024
Help us to continue supporting families bereaved by deaths in police custody, prisons and mental health services.
Please donate & share if you can bit.ly/biggive-2024
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The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is taking evidence from individuals affected by the minimum income requirement (MIR). If you are a UK citizen living abroad with non-UK/Irish family members affected by the MIR please use this link to contact the MAC. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Family visa financial requirements
The MAC is calling for evidence from individuals and organisations to inform its review into financial requirements for family visas.
www.gov.uk
December 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is taking evidence from individuals affected by the minimum income requirement (MIR). If you are a UK citizen living abroad with non-UK/Irish family members affected by the MIR please use this link to contact the MAC. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Here's the debate from yesterday's vote on the Assisted Dying Bill. It's worth a read wherever you sit on this.
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024...
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024...
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill' on Friday 29 November 2024.
hansard.parliament.uk
November 30, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Here's the debate from yesterday's vote on the Assisted Dying Bill. It's worth a read wherever you sit on this.
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024...
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024...
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Need to check this out!
Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective
Call for papers for the @mpc-eui.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social annual conference
May 8-9 2025
EUI, Florence, Italy
migrationpolicycentre.eu/call-for-pap...
Call for papers for the @mpc-eui.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social annual conference
May 8-9 2025
EUI, Florence, Italy
migrationpolicycentre.eu/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers | Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective - Migration Policy Centre
The call for papers for the conference 'Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective' is now open.
migrationpolicycentre.eu
November 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Need to check this out!
"An expert report commissioned by Die Linke from the scientific services in the Bundestag revealed the biggest obstacle...governments would have to decide to define the drowning of refugees in the Mediterranean as a ‘crisis’. Member states ..can only then activate the EU crisis response mechanism.."
14 organisations are proposing an EU-led #SeaRescue programme #MareSolidale in the Mediterranean lead by the Civil Protection Mechanism. The Left Party in Germany had already campaigned for this in 2020. However, they found one mayor obstacle:
EU civil protection for sea rescue: Organisations want to deploy Brussels mechanism in the Mediterranean | Matthias Monroy
A dozen organisations are proposing an EU-led rescue programme in the Mediterranean. The Left Party in the Bundestag had already campaigned for this in 2020. However, there is one obstacle. On the…
digit.site36.net
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 PM
"An expert report commissioned by Die Linke from the scientific services in the Bundestag revealed the biggest obstacle...governments would have to decide to define the drowning of refugees in the Mediterranean as a ‘crisis’. Member states ..can only then activate the EU crisis response mechanism.."
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