Ahead of the emergency meeting of EU interior ministers, we recommend this analysis on the Ceuta's border crisis by Nando Sigona. The meeting is being framed primarily as a discussion about migration management, external-border controls and Spain’s responsibilities. But this framing risks obscuring the central question raised by the extraordinary speed and scale of the... Continue Reading →
Reflections on Refugee Backlash and Gendered Harms
by Sandra Pertek (@sandrapertek), IRiS, University of Birmingham Within a window of 15 hours, I virtually travelled in time zones from GMT -5 to GMT +5. These journeys reminded me yet again about some of the most haunting downfalls of humanity. First, I participated in the Bold New Voices in Migration Research Conference organised by the Immigration Initiative... Continue Reading →
The Age of Superdiversity 