Nando Sigona
@nandosigona.bsky.social
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/
#runner
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
https://www.nandosigona.info
https://www.i-claim.eu
podcast https://whodowethinkweare.org/
#runner
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
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Written by @nandosigona.bsky.social & @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social, The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition draws on research across 6 European countries to propose a new way of thinking about migrant ‘irregularity’
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
Irregular migration as an assemblage - I-CLAIM
Rethinking irregular migration: a new I-CLAIM paper questions the categories, narratives, and policies that sustain ‘irregularity’.
i-claim.eu
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Written by @nandosigona.bsky.social & @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social, The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition draws on research across 6 European countries to propose a new way of thinking about migrant ‘irregularity’
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
New @iclaimeu.bsky.social report by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and myself on the irregularisation of #migration in Europe and why we need to rethink how we think, talk and address the issue
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New @iclaimeu.bsky.social report by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and myself on the irregularisation of #migration in Europe and why we need to rethink how we think, talk and address the issue
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#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
superdiversity.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
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So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
superdiversity.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Bumped into this quote from David, a Brazilian working in London we interviewed for #SansPapiers (@plutopress.bsky.social), it still captures so aptly a truth about being a long-term migrant:
'I've sent all the pictures I had to send': #migration and friendship nandosigona.info/2013/11/27/i...
'I've sent all the pictures I had to send': #migration and friendship nandosigona.info/2013/11/27/i...
‘I’ve sent all the pictures I had to send’: migration and friendship
I’m revising a chapter for the book (Pluto Press) on young undocumented migrants I’m writing with Alice Bloch and Roger Zetter and while I was writing about how young migrants’ re…
nandosigona.info
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bumped into this quote from David, a Brazilian working in London we interviewed for #SansPapiers (@plutopress.bsky.social), it still captures so aptly a truth about being a long-term migrant:
'I've sent all the pictures I had to send': #migration and friendship nandosigona.info/2013/11/27/i...
'I've sent all the pictures I had to send': #migration and friendship nandosigona.info/2013/11/27/i...
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“Home. Delivered.” is based on research findings by @iclaimeu.bsky.social researchers Ilse van Liempt & Minke Hajer from the University of Utrecht, titled ‘Irregular migrants and precarity in the Dutch Food Delivery Sector’.
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“Home. Delivered.” is based on research findings by @iclaimeu.bsky.social researchers Ilse van Liempt & Minke Hajer from the University of Utrecht, titled ‘Irregular migrants and precarity in the Dutch Food Delivery Sector’.
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@lukepiper.bsky.social @the3million.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social
As part of our EU-funded Inform, Connect, Empower project on the implementation of the #WithdrawalAgreement and EU Charter of Fundamental rights for UK citizens in the EU we have drafted a comprehensive legal report on implementation. bit.ly/49kAwYr
Legal Report on the WA and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights | British in Europe
As part of the work funded by the ICE project, we are now publishing a detailed legal report on Withdrawal Agreement implementation and the EU Charter of...
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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YouGov suggest support for deporting legal migrants at approx
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
YouGov suggest support for deporting legal migrants at approx
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
8-11% of public for deport people who came to work legally
(Much higher deportation support figures when people are thinking about those without legal status)
1/6 pro deporting refugees with legal status [an extreme view]
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"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Guardian
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The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent | Editorial
Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"The result would be removals on an epic scale. The comparison with Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians is not one many Tory MPs welcome. Some appear unaware their own policy was that monstrous, until Lam spelled it out in a newspaper interview"
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Guardian
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Me to chatgpt: Labour cabinet's topline messages as reported in media
Chatgpt: raise taxes; immigrants are bad; Israel is always right; Trump? No comment.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Chatgpt: raise taxes; immigrants are bad; Israel is always right; Trump? No comment.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Reeves considers breaking manifesto pledge with income tax rise to fill £30bn gap
Exclusive: Treasury discussions include possibly adding 1p to basic rate or raising higher or additional tax rates
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Me to chatgpt: Labour cabinet's topline messages as reported in media
Chatgpt: raise taxes; immigrants are bad; Israel is always right; Trump? No comment.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Chatgpt: raise taxes; immigrants are bad; Israel is always right; Trump? No comment.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Strange world we live in — while everyone is talking about the #heist at the #Louvre in Paris, $230 million is about to ‘disappear’ from the Bank of America in Washington D.C., right in broad daylight.
#Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Strange world we live in — while everyone is talking about the #heist at the #Louvre in Paris, $230 million is about to ‘disappear’ from the Bank of America in Washington D.C., right in broad daylight.
#Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The moral squalor of this politics knows no bounds.
Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, they dig deeper.
And yet I'm not surprised.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, they dig deeper.
And yet I'm not surprised.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office
Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefits
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The moral squalor of this politics knows no bounds.
Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, they dig deeper.
And yet I'm not surprised.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Just when you think they’ve hit bottom, they dig deeper.
And yet I'm not surprised.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The #1in1out scheme was always deemed to fail (and a compromise)... France can't detain anyone sent back from Britain and people will just try again, as they have always done
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man sent to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat
Exclusive: Asylum seeker says he made second crossing because he did not feel safe in France
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The #1in1out scheme was always deemed to fail (and a compromise)... France can't detain anyone sent back from Britain and people will just try again, as they have always done
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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What happens when people start to realize that immigration is not necessarily the cause of the problems they face? A myth-busting conversation on hope, solidarity, and change."
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What happens when people start to realize that immigration is not necessarily the cause of the problems they face? A myth-busting conversation on hope, solidarity, and change."
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"The targeting of migrants & minoritized populations poses a serious challenge to the long-standing idea that if a person comes to the USA and works hard, they will enjoy social mobility and ‘success’.
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"The targeting of migrants & minoritized populations poses a serious challenge to the long-standing idea that if a person comes to the USA and works hard, they will enjoy social mobility and ‘success’.
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"Who still believes in the American Dream? How long can its demolition hold in a country built on immigration?"
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
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.
whodowethinkweare.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Who still believes in the American Dream? How long can its demolition hold in a country built on immigration?"
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
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From yesterday: Age assessments: what happens when a child arrives in the UK? | Francesca Sella
Age assessments: what happens when a child arrives in the UK? - Free Movement
The Home Office does not publish statistics regarding children who are wrongly assessed as adults on arrival nor regarding the number of initial age
freemovement.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
From yesterday: Age assessments: what happens when a child arrives in the UK? | Francesca Sella
she is better than many presenters currently on air #c4
But what does 'better' mean?
youtu.be/BF74l1jIfXY?...
But what does 'better' mean?
youtu.be/BF74l1jIfXY?...
Channel 4 AI presenter reveal
YouTube video by TVBEurope
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October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
she is better than many presenters currently on air #c4
But what does 'better' mean?
youtu.be/BF74l1jIfXY?...
But what does 'better' mean?
youtu.be/BF74l1jIfXY?...
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Usual lack of political courage from a Labour Cabinet minister, we learn that it was the #Brexit deal, not Brexit, to be a disaster.
Source: BBC
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Source: BBC
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Rachel Reeves says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy
Rachel Reeves made the comments about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.
search.app
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Usual lack of political courage from a Labour Cabinet minister, we learn that it was the #Brexit deal, not Brexit, to be a disaster.
Source: BBC
search.app/t53mu
Source: BBC
search.app/t53mu
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Systematic murder and torture as a matter of deliberate state policy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
At least 135 mutilated bodies of Palestinians had been held at notorious Israeli jail, say Gaza officials
Documents indicate they came from Sde Teiman, which already faces allegations of torture and unlawful deaths
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Systematic murder and torture as a matter of deliberate state policy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Catch up with the first seminar in our series. We discussed #migration and #asylum under #Labour with @nandosigona.bsky.social and David Stark superdiversity.net/2025/10/20/s...
Still hostile? Labour’s migration policy under the spotlight at IRIS public seminar
After fourteen years of Conservative governments defined by the infamous hostile environment launched by Home Secretary Theresa May, a new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, seems eager to build her …
superdiversity.net
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Catch up with the first seminar in our series. We discussed #migration and #asylum under #Labour with @nandosigona.bsky.social and David Stark superdiversity.net/2025/10/20/s...
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Labour to Reform: come on in!
This was the chance to hold Farage to account, but instead she gives him the exact narrative he'd go for. Instead of Wrecking the country with Brexit he can bang on about Brexit Betrayal
This was the chance to hold Farage to account, but instead she gives him the exact narrative he'd go for. Instead of Wrecking the country with Brexit he can bang on about Brexit Betrayal
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Labour to Reform: come on in!
This was the chance to hold Farage to account, but instead she gives him the exact narrative he'd go for. Instead of Wrecking the country with Brexit he can bang on about Brexit Betrayal
This was the chance to hold Farage to account, but instead she gives him the exact narrative he'd go for. Instead of Wrecking the country with Brexit he can bang on about Brexit Betrayal