Derya Ozkul
@deryaozkul.bsky.social
Sociology, University of Warwick | previously @refugeestudies, University of Oxford | researching migration and digital technologies | working on Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum Seekers and Refugees | Digitising Identity projects
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As @migrantvoice.bsky.social has shown today, a digital immigration system leads to exclusion of individuals, that actually risks increasing the number of people forced to work in an undocumented capacity. It isn't "progressive" to continue targeting migrants.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
As @migrantvoice.bsky.social has shown today, a digital immigration system leads to exclusion of individuals, that actually risks increasing the number of people forced to work in an undocumented capacity. It isn't "progressive" to continue targeting migrants.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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We are thrilled to be launching our new report, Exclusion by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants, with Derya Ozkul (University of Warwick) and Marie Godin (University of Leicester) and @openrightsgroup.org
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December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are thrilled to be launching our new report, Exclusion by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants, with Derya Ozkul (University of Warwick) and Marie Godin (University of Leicester) and @openrightsgroup.org
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The 'Exclusion by Design' report is the outcome of a year long project by @deryaozkul.bsky.social from the @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Marie Godin from the @uniofleicester.bsky.social, along with @sarahalsherif.bsky.social from @openrightsgroup.org and we are grateful to have been a part of it.
Bluesky
l.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The 'Exclusion by Design' report is the outcome of a year long project by @deryaozkul.bsky.social from the @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Marie Godin from the @uniofleicester.bsky.social, along with @sarahalsherif.bsky.social from @openrightsgroup.org and we are grateful to have been a part of it.
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I have so much respect for @deryaozkul.bsky.social and Marie Godin for putting this report together, and I feel very lucky to have been a small part of it. The issues with the digital immigration system are only going to get worse with digital ID. It is so important to focus on those affected.
You can read about the launch of the report on our website, along with a range of issues raised by speakers. Not only did we hear about way in which the digital immigration system excludes many migrants, we also heard how it can put abuse victims at further risk.
www.migrantvoice.org/home/pagenew...
www.migrantvoice.org/home/pagenew...
Digital status report launched
Digital status report launched
www.migrantvoice.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have so much respect for @deryaozkul.bsky.social and Marie Godin for putting this report together, and I feel very lucky to have been a small part of it. The issues with the digital immigration system are only going to get worse with digital ID. It is so important to focus on those affected.
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The 'Exclusion by Design' report was produced by:
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Marie Godin @uniofleicester.bsky.social / Oxford.
In collaboration with Nazek Ramadan and Anne Stoltenberg
@migrantvoice.bsky.social and @sarahalsherif.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Marie Godin @uniofleicester.bsky.social / Oxford.
In collaboration with Nazek Ramadan and Anne Stoltenberg
@migrantvoice.bsky.social and @sarahalsherif.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The 'Exclusion by Design' report was produced by:
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Marie Godin @uniofleicester.bsky.social / Oxford.
In collaboration with Nazek Ramadan and Anne Stoltenberg
@migrantvoice.bsky.social and @sarahalsherif.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
@deryaozkul.bsky.social @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social and Marie Godin @uniofleicester.bsky.social / Oxford.
In collaboration with Nazek Ramadan and Anne Stoltenberg
@migrantvoice.bsky.social and @sarahalsherif.bsky.social @openrightsgroup.org
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📣 Registration is open for our event Reimagining Digital ID @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ findings from our www.redid.net project and talks by colleagues working on implications of Digital ID in Global South, migrant & refugee contexts explore.gold/digital-id All welcome! ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
📣 Registration is open for our event Reimagining Digital ID @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ findings from our www.redid.net project and talks by colleagues working on implications of Digital ID in Global South, migrant & refugee contexts explore.gold/digital-id All welcome! ⬇️
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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“Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box”, published #OpenAccess in JEMS:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
edited by:
@mariegodin.bsky.social @deryaozkul.bsky.social @rachelhumphris.bsky.social
@koenleurs.bsky.social @kinanalajak.bsky.social #RianneDekker
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
edited by:
@mariegodin.bsky.social @deryaozkul.bsky.social @rachelhumphris.bsky.social
@koenleurs.bsky.social @kinanalajak.bsky.social #RianneDekker
Digital technologies and migration: behind, beyond and around the black box
Digital technologies have often been criticised due to their tendency to operate as ‘black boxes’, owing to their complexity and opacity, which pose challenges to understanding their inner mechanis...
www.tandfonline.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box”, published #OpenAccess in JEMS:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
edited by:
@mariegodin.bsky.social @deryaozkul.bsky.social @rachelhumphris.bsky.social
@koenleurs.bsky.social @kinanalajak.bsky.social #RianneDekker
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
edited by:
@mariegodin.bsky.social @deryaozkul.bsky.social @rachelhumphris.bsky.social
@koenleurs.bsky.social @kinanalajak.bsky.social #RianneDekker
New Publication 📘
Happy to share that our special issue, “Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box”, with Marie Godin and @rachelhumphris.bsky.social has now been published.
🔗 Available open access here: doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Happy to share that our special issue, “Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box”, with Marie Godin and @rachelhumphris.bsky.social has now been published.
🔗 Available open access here: doi.org/10.1080/1369...
July 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
New Publication 📘
Happy to share that our special issue, “Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box”, with Marie Godin and @rachelhumphris.bsky.social has now been published.
🔗 Available open access here: doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Happy to share that our special issue, “Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind, Beyond and Around the Black Box”, with Marie Godin and @rachelhumphris.bsky.social has now been published.
🔗 Available open access here: doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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📣Warwick Antiracism Archive Launch! Come discover our new resource on knowledge b/w generations of student antiracist activists at Warwick. 20/06 2-4pm in R0.12. Register & details: link.outsavvy.com/antiracism led by
@uncomfiest.bsky.social
w/ support from Anna Numa Hopkins & 6 student researchers.
@uncomfiest.bsky.social
w/ support from Anna Numa Hopkins & 6 student researchers.
June 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📣Warwick Antiracism Archive Launch! Come discover our new resource on knowledge b/w generations of student antiracist activists at Warwick. 20/06 2-4pm in R0.12. Register & details: link.outsavvy.com/antiracism led by
@uncomfiest.bsky.social
w/ support from Anna Numa Hopkins & 6 student researchers.
@uncomfiest.bsky.social
w/ support from Anna Numa Hopkins & 6 student researchers.
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Now, on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Algorithmic Fairness in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project in spotlight. @volkswagenstiftung.de
June 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Now, on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Algorithmic Fairness in Asylum Seekers and Refugees Project in spotlight. @volkswagenstiftung.de
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Are you attending the @cpdpconferences.bsky.social conference today? We are the organisers of this year's 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭!
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
May 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you attending the @cpdpconferences.bsky.social conference today? We are the organisers of this year's 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭!
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
The discussion will be grounded in the #𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗥 project.
𝟭𝟳.𝟮𝟬 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲!
https://tinyurl.com/42ffau5n
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✨ Highlights from CPDP 2025 ✨
Spoke at #CPDP2025 on digital rights of asylum seekers & refugees. Shared insights from my work on automated decision-making & strategic litigation in migration governance. Grateful for the vibrant exchange with researchers, NGOs & DPAs. CPDP, you were terrific!
Spoke at #CPDP2025 on digital rights of asylum seekers & refugees. Shared insights from my work on automated decision-making & strategic litigation in migration governance. Grateful for the vibrant exchange with researchers, NGOs & DPAs. CPDP, you were terrific!
June 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
✨ Highlights from CPDP 2025 ✨
Spoke at #CPDP2025 on digital rights of asylum seekers & refugees. Shared insights from my work on automated decision-making & strategic litigation in migration governance. Grateful for the vibrant exchange with researchers, NGOs & DPAs. CPDP, you were terrific!
Spoke at #CPDP2025 on digital rights of asylum seekers & refugees. Shared insights from my work on automated decision-making & strategic litigation in migration governance. Grateful for the vibrant exchange with researchers, NGOs & DPAs. CPDP, you were terrific!
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Protecting the Digital Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Organised by @hertiecfr.bsky.social with @profccostello.bsky.social (moderator), @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social, @deryaozkul.bsky.social, Joanna Parkin, Eleftherios Chelioudakis
More information: cpdp.be/2851
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #asylum
Organised by @hertiecfr.bsky.social with @profccostello.bsky.social (moderator), @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social, @deryaozkul.bsky.social, Joanna Parkin, Eleftherios Chelioudakis
More information: cpdp.be/2851
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #asylum
May 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Protecting the Digital Rights of Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Organised by @hertiecfr.bsky.social with @profccostello.bsky.social (moderator), @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social, @deryaozkul.bsky.social, Joanna Parkin, Eleftherios Chelioudakis
More information: cpdp.be/2851
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #asylum
Organised by @hertiecfr.bsky.social with @profccostello.bsky.social (moderator), @francescapalmiotto.bsky.social, @deryaozkul.bsky.social, Joanna Parkin, Eleftherios Chelioudakis
More information: cpdp.be/2851
#CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #asylum
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Join us in person (Ramphal Building, central campus) on Wednesday 26th of Feb at 11am.
📌 Save the Date!
Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social
This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social
This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Join us in person (Ramphal Building, central campus) on Wednesday 26th of Feb at 11am.
🚨 New article from our AFAR project w
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨 New article from our AFAR project w
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
@francescapalmiotto.bsky.social
We explore strategic litigation against newtech in Europe and the various obstacles that must be overcome to reach the litigation stage.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@sociowarwick.bsky.social @refugeestudies.bsky.social
“when you terminate the app you also eliminate the actual route to access asylum” www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/the-sud...
The sudden end of CBP One leaves thousands of asylum seekers in limbo at the U.S. and Mexico border — Migration and Technology Monitor
Veronica Martinez, MTM 2023 Fellow CIUDAD JUAREZ: With the return of Donald Trump to the White House this past Monday came an array of executive orders setting up the immigration agenda of the Re...
www.migrationtechmonitor.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“when you terminate the app you also eliminate the actual route to access asylum” www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/the-sud...
So the digital driving licences will not be mandatory but digital immigration status will be mandatory for all migrants in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digital driving licences to be introduced this year
The government says technology should
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
So the digital driving licences will not be mandatory but digital immigration status will be mandatory for all migrants in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The EU's #AIAct experts consultation on the definition of an AI system and on prohibited AI practices closed on Dec 11. But loopholes still threaten #FundamentalRights. The #AIActCivilSociety and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalitions call for guidelines that prioritize human rights & justice.
January 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The EU's #AIAct experts consultation on the definition of an AI system and on prohibited AI practices closed on Dec 11. But loopholes still threaten #FundamentalRights. The #AIActCivilSociety and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalitions call for guidelines that prioritize human rights & justice.
📌 Save the Date!
Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social
This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social
This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
January 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📌 Save the Date!
Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social
This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
Join us on 26 February 2025 for a talk by @rachelhumphris.bsky.social, who will be discussing her forthcoming book, "Making Sanctuary Cities" @sociowarwick.bsky.social
This seminar will take place at 11 AM in room RO.14 of the Ramphal Building.
"Use expired ID to get to UK"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
It’s the right decision, but it’s difficult to understand why it was made in December, just weeks before many were set to travel.
How are migrants expected to convince airlines and border officials to process expired cards?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
It’s the right decision, but it’s difficult to understand why it was made in December, just weeks before many were set to travel.
How are migrants expected to convince airlines and border officials to process expired cards?
Use expired ID to get to UK, says minister in charge of flawed eVisas
People will be allowed to use expired identity documents amid ‘real fear’ of another Windrush-style scandal
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"Use expired ID to get to UK"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
It’s the right decision, but it’s difficult to understand why it was made in December, just weeks before many were set to travel.
How are migrants expected to convince airlines and border officials to process expired cards?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
It’s the right decision, but it’s difficult to understand why it was made in December, just weeks before many were set to travel.
How are migrants expected to convince airlines and border officials to process expired cards?
“An internal assessment of a machine-learning programme used to vet thousands of claims for universal credit payments across England found it incorrectly selected people from some groups more than others when recommending whom to investigate for possible fraud.” www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:07 PM
“An internal assessment of a machine-learning programme used to vet thousands of claims for universal credit payments across England found it incorrectly selected people from some groups more than others when recommending whom to investigate for possible fraud.” www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Asymmetrical Sympathies: the Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers
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Asymmetrical Sympathies: the Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers
The welcoming response of European countries towards Ukrainian refugees from 2022 onwards has been marked by its strength and rapidity. This recent example recalls other moments of openness from past ...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Asymmetrical Sympathies: the Global North’s Response to Protection Seekers
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/asymmetrical...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/asymmetrical...