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Discussions, debates and interviews on all aspects of the politics of migration.
Supported by the University of Manchester
Contact: clara.sandelind@manchester.ac.uk
Supported by the University of Manchester
Contact: clara.sandelind@manchester.ac.uk
Episodes & Posts
Episodes
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9 DEC 2021 · Perhaps one of the most contentious questions within debates around migration is how the movement of people across international borders affect levels of crime. Simply asking the question carries certain assumptions about the relevance of someone’s migration background to whether or not they are more at risk of committing or being the victim or crime. What does the criminological research tell us about what, if anything, we know about immigration and crime?
In this episode: Amber Beckley, criminologist at Stockholm University
https://www.su.se/english/profiles/ambe0256-1.187765
Talking Migration is supported by the University of Manchester.
14 OCT 2021 · The Danish parliament has voted in favour of seeking bilateral agreements with third countries to process and protect asylum seekers there instead of in Denmark. The practical and legal obstacles are many, as are worries about the protection of asylum seekers' human rights.
In this episode: Nikolas Tan, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights https://www.humanrights.dk/staff/nikolas-feith-tan
Blog post by Nikolas Tan on the Danish policy: https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/04/19/denmarks-extraterritorial-asylum-vision/
30 JUL 2021 · 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 so? Why are employers checking the status of their employees?
In this episode: Olivia Vicol, co-founder and Director of Work Rights Centre - https://www.workrightscentre.org/
Talking Migration is supported by the University of Manchester
28 JUN 2021 · The UK government has published the New Plan for Immigration policy paper and a consultation period ran from late March to early May. The policy paper describes reforms to the asylum system and other parts of the immigration system. In this episode, we discuss the plans, their implications and criticism.
In this episode:
William Wheeler, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/william.wheeler.html
Recent work: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/refugees-and-religion-ethnographic-studies-of-global-trajectories/ch13-conversion-through-destitution
Robert Thomas, Professor of Public Law, University of Manchester https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/robert-thomas(6d45ce04-7714-421b-b67a-b19fd2d7fb37).html
Recent work: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PgCNG_godY0-rjwGyvP1hbXyWjdi55IW/view
Charity mentioned in the episode:
Migrant Destitution Fund https://www.migrantdestitution.co.uk/
Apologies for occasional poor sound quality.
1 APR 2021 · 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 unknown. The Missing Migrants Project, run by IOM, has started to collect data on who the people are who have lost their lives while migrating.
In this episode: Kate Dearden, Project Officer
https://missingmigrants.iom.int/
Talking Migration is supported by the University of Manchester
16 FEB 2021 · The UNHCR plays a critical role in the protection of refugees. Yet while the UNHCR seeks to pressure states into providing aid and protection to refugees, it is also funded by states. What does this tension mean? How has the role of the UNHCR changed and how does it brand itself?
In this episode: Jeff Crisp, Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/jeff-crisp-1
Work mentioned: https://brill.com/view/journals/gg/26/3/article-p359_1.xml
28 SEP 2020 · Covid-19 has presented challenges for everyone, but some people are more affected than others. People with disabilities have not been able to socially distance to the extent that others can, and trying to do so may come with extra costs. For disabled asylum seekers, who in the UK are prevented from working and earning a living, this presents additional and significant challenges.
In this episode: Dickson Tarnongo, PhD student in Law, Leicester University, Disability Rights and Citizenship
Tarnongo's article on asylum, disability and covid-19: https://www.migrantvoice.org/archive/the-plight-of-asylum-seekers-200820100823
26 MAY 2020 · 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? Do some of us even have a duty to resist them? Is it possible to believe that migrants don’t have to comply with immigration laws even if you think states have a right to exclude immigrants?
In this episode:
Matthew Lister, Senior Lecturer in Deakin Law School: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/matthew-lister
Selected works:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phc3.12653
https://philarchive.org/rec/LISDAO
Javier Hidalgo, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond: https://jepson.richmond.edu/faculty/bios/jhidalgo/
Selected works:
https://philarchive.org/archive/HIDRTU
https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mopp/3/2/article-p165.xml
6 MAY 2020 · Professor David Owen, University of Southampton, talks about his latest book: What Do We Owe to Refugees?
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/politics/about/staff/dowen.page
To get the book: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/What+Do+We+Owe+to+Refugees%3F-p-9781509539741
Talking Migration is supported by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield and produced by Clara Sandelind (c.sandelind@sheffield.ac.uk).
Twitter: @talkingmig
24 APR 2020 · The Coronavirus pandemic has led to restrictions on movement for everyone. How has the politics and policy of migration and asylum in Europe been affected? What might the long-term impact on Europe’s asylum policy be?
In this episode:
Catherine Woollard, Secretary General of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles: www.ecre.org
ECRE’s informationsheet on Covid-19: https://www.ecre.org/information-sheet-23-april-2020covid-19-measures-related-to-asylum-and-migration-across-europe/
Talking Migration is supported by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield and produced by Clara Sandelind. Twitter: @talkingmig
Discussions, debates and interviews on all aspects of the politics of migration.
Supported by the University of Manchester
Contact: clara.sandelind@manchester.ac.uk
Supported by the University of Manchester
Contact: clara.sandelind@manchester.ac.uk
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