53: Are immigration raids racist kidnappings?
Migrants Rights Network recently published a report on the extent and nature of immigration raids in the UK. This episode interviews two of...
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20 of 53 episodes52. What role does memory play in exile?
What role do memories play in displacement? Are memories political? In this episode, we discuss questions of memory, war, exile and building...
51. Is the government responsible for self-harm in detention centres?
In this episode: Guy Aitchison, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sub...
50. What do we know about immigration and crime?
Perhaps one of the most contentious questions within debates around migration is how the movement of people across international borders aff...
49. Can asylum be externalized?
The Danish parliament has voted in favour of seeking bilateral agreements with third countries to process and protect asylum seekers there i...
48. What rights do EU citizens have in the UK?
EU citizens in the UK had to apply for settled status by the end of June. What does this entail and what happened to those who failed to do...
47. What's the UK new plan for immigration?
The UK government has published the New Plan for Immigration policy paper and a consultation period ran from late March to early May. The po...
46: Should refugees be grateful?
In 2017, Dina Nayeri, an American-Iranian author, wrote an article for the Guardian with the title ‘The ungrateful refugee: We have no debt...
45: Why do migrants go missing?
Every year, people die trying to reach safety and a better future in a different country. But how many and who they are has been mostly unkn...
44. What's the role of the UNHCR?
The UNHCR plays a critical role in the protection of refugees. Yet while the UNHCR seeks to pressure states into providing aid and protectio...
43. What is the second refugee crisis?
In her new book, No Refuge, Serena Parekh describes what she calls the second refugee. This crisis means that the vast majority of refugees...
42. How is Covid-19 affecting disabled asylum seekers?
Covid-19 has presented challenges for everyone, but some people are more affected than others. People with disabilities have not been able t...
41. Must immigration laws be obeyed?
Many people believe that some or all immigration laws are unjust. Does that imply that citizens and migrants don’t have to obey those laws?...
40. What do we owe to refugees?
Professor David Owen, University of Southampton, talks about his latest book: What Do We Owe to Refugees? https://www.southampton.ac.uk/poli...
39. How has the pandemic affected migrants and refugees?
The Coronavirus pandemic has led to restrictions on movement for everyone. How has the politics and policy of migration and asylum in Europe...
38. Is there a link between colonialism, asylum and Brexit?
What role does colonialism play in contemporary asylum and migration politics? Do European asylum and migration policies reflect colonial po...
37. What's the state of migration policy in Mexico?
One of the key policy goals of President Trump has been to curb migration from Mexico. But how is this received at the Mexican end? What pol...
36. What injustices do LGBTQ+ asylum seekers face?
The Refugee Convention classes anyone as a refugee who fears persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a parti...
35. What is the Global Compact for Migration?
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted at the end of 2018. Will is safeguard migrants' human rights, or unde...
34. What's it like for refugees on Samos?
This episode was recorded last week with volunteers and researchers working on Samos. They tell about dreadful conditions, a third sector fi...