Professor @unibirmingham.bsky.social UK, FAcSS
Director @irisbirmingham.bsky.social
Research: #migration, #asylum, #citizenship, #diversity
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Nando Sigona
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The Home Office's answer to every policy problem appears to be: "give the Home Office more power."
Employers, landlords, banks and universities have all been enrolled into #immigrationenforcement.
Those involved in disorder/violence in Northern Ireland in summer 2024 were much less likely to be arrested than in England
Northern Ireland in 2024
[49 arrests; > 600 people involved in disorder]
So up to 1 in 12
England in 2024
[1876 arrests of 4000-5000 people involved in disorder]
About 1 in 3
When Immigration Control Becomes Higher Education Policy
nandosigona.info/2026/06/05/w...
#migration #immigration
#homeoffice #highereducation
When Immigration Control Becomes Higher Education Policy
nandosigona.info/2026/06/05/w...
#migration #immigration
#homeoffice #highereducation
Political leaders condemn violent mob conducting race-based pogrom in Northern Ireland, targeting migrants and minorities with collective punishment after an attempted murder by a Sudanese refugee the previous night
www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...
"Migration functions instead as a broader symbolic language through which anxieties about decline, identity, inequality & political distrust are articulated"
Interesting piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social on why tougher controls won't reduce anxieties around migration.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, argues @nandosigona.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Northern Ireland's first minister says masked men were "burning families out of their homes". One pastor says black people were targeted, while an MP calls it a "race-based pogrom".
Net migration is falling, yet many Britons believe the opposite. Why?
@nandosigona.bsky.social unpacks this paradox for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
#MustRead #Immigration #Migration #Asylum
Nando Sigona
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
Nando Sigona
Nando Sigona
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.
There is a significant under-policing in Northern Ireland of intimidation, harassment and threat against ethnic minorities.
There were many fewer arrests and fewer prosecutions in 2024 in Northern Ireland than England, after more sustained violence
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
Emiliano Mellino
LSE British Politics and Policy blog
New Home Office rules measure universities through immigration compliance metrics while ignoring how surveillance and immigration control shape international students’ lives and chances of su…
New Home Office rules measure universities through immigration compliance metrics while ignoring how surveillance and immigration control shape international students’ lives and chances of su…
The PSNI has issued a warning that it “does not tolerate any type of vigilante activity” after videos appeared online showing groups of people patrolling parts of East Belfast.
Migration numbers to the UK are falling, yet at the same time attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That’s because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties, argues @nandosigona.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Migration numbers are falling, but attitudes towards immigration are hardening. That's because immigration concerns are a symbol for other anxieties.
