I-CLAIM Project
@iclaimeu.bsky.social
I-CLAIM is a research project studying the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure legal status across six European countries.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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What if the very policies designed to prevent irregularity are the ones that keep producing it?
I try to answer these questions in this piece for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on this recently published @iclaimeu.bsky.social concept paper i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
I try to answer these questions in this piece for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on this recently published @iclaimeu.bsky.social concept paper i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
Irregular migration as an assemblage - I-CLAIM
Rethinking irregular migration: a new I-CLAIM paper questions the categories, narratives, and policies that sustain ‘irregularity’.
i-claim.eu
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What if the very policies designed to prevent irregularity are the ones that keep producing it?
I try to answer these questions in this piece for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on this recently published @iclaimeu.bsky.social concept paper i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
I try to answer these questions in this piece for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on this recently published @iclaimeu.bsky.social concept paper i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
Stay tuned! The new episode of Mobility, Work and Rights podcast is out next week!
We have amazing guests joining our hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social to talk about migrant domestic work.
Nando talks to professor Bridget Anderson, director of @mmbuob.bsky.social.
We have amazing guests joining our hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social to talk about migrant domestic work.
Nando talks to professor Bridget Anderson, director of @mmbuob.bsky.social.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Stay tuned! The new episode of Mobility, Work and Rights podcast is out next week!
We have amazing guests joining our hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social to talk about migrant domestic work.
Nando talks to professor Bridget Anderson, director of @mmbuob.bsky.social.
We have amazing guests joining our hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and @nandosigona.bsky.social to talk about migrant domestic work.
Nando talks to professor Bridget Anderson, director of @mmbuob.bsky.social.
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"The issue is not simply that the proposals are harsh, unethical or likely to be ineffective. They represent a deeper shift: redefining protection as a discretionary favour rather than a legal obligation."
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The issue is not simply that the proposals are harsh, unethical or likely to be ineffective. They represent a deeper shift: redefining protection as a discretionary favour rather than a legal obligation."
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Great article from @nandosigona.bsky.social
theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
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Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Asylum is not illegal migration – why the UK government shouldn’t conflate the two
The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Asylum is not "illegal migration"
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
Let's start from here theconversation.com/asylum-is-no...
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Across Europe, politicians promise to “stop illegal migration” as if it were a problem that comes from the outside.
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
How Europe’s Migration Rules Keep Creating the “Irregular Migrants” They Claim to Catch
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Across Europe, politicians promise to “stop illegal migration” as if it were a problem that comes from the outside.
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
#EUmigration #ShabanaMahmood
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
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As Labour's hardline stance on immigration dominates the headlines, a Professor of International Migration asks: What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
By @nandosigona.bsky.social
Read now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
By @nandosigona.bsky.social
Read now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
How Europe’s Migration Rules Keep Creating the “Irregular Migrants” They Claim to Catch
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
As Labour's hardline stance on immigration dominates the headlines, a Professor of International Migration asks: What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
By @nandosigona.bsky.social
Read now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
By @nandosigona.bsky.social
Read now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
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For the @iclaimeu.bsky.social Netherlands exhibition in the Utrecht University Library, Tanasă has created a video work titled ‘Home. Delivered.’ which follows the delivery shift of an unnamed, masked character who carries a large boulder on their back around Utrecht.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
For the @iclaimeu.bsky.social Netherlands exhibition in the Utrecht University Library, Tanasă has created a video work titled ‘Home. Delivered.’ which follows the delivery shift of an unnamed, masked character who carries a large boulder on their back around Utrecht.
#mustread by @nandosigona.bsky.social on @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on the recently published concept paper on #irregularityassemblage
As Labour's hardline stance on immigration dominates the headlines, a Professor of International Migration asks: What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
By @nandosigona.bsky.social
Read now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
By @nandosigona.bsky.social
Read now: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
How Europe’s Migration Rules Keep Creating the “Irregular Migrants” They Claim to Catch
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#mustread by @nandosigona.bsky.social on @politicalquarterly.bsky.social drawing on the recently published concept paper on #irregularityassemblage
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Among the many things wrong with Labour’s immigration strategy, this stands out: to “fight” a few thousand so-called illegal migrants, Shabana Mahmood is willing to make life hell for hundreds of thousands of people who are legally in the UK.
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...
Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam
In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Among the many things wrong with Labour’s immigration strategy, this stands out: to “fight” a few thousand so-called illegal migrants, Shabana Mahmood is willing to make life hell for hundreds of thousands of people who are legally in the UK.
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...
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I am not sure these are the biggest reforms for decades/for a generation.
Core proposal is incredibly similar in analysis, spirit and content to 2022 Nationality and Borders Act of Priti Patel (offer temporary protection of 30 months)
The 2023 Illegal Migration Act more sweeping
Both failed
Core proposal is incredibly similar in analysis, spirit and content to 2022 Nationality and Borders Act of Priti Patel (offer temporary protection of 30 months)
The 2023 Illegal Migration Act more sweeping
Both failed
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I am not sure these are the biggest reforms for decades/for a generation.
Core proposal is incredibly similar in analysis, spirit and content to 2022 Nationality and Borders Act of Priti Patel (offer temporary protection of 30 months)
The 2023 Illegal Migration Act more sweeping
Both failed
Core proposal is incredibly similar in analysis, spirit and content to 2022 Nationality and Borders Act of Priti Patel (offer temporary protection of 30 months)
The 2023 Illegal Migration Act more sweeping
Both failed
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Our @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on the living and working conditions of food delivery migrant workers is featured in this excellent piece by Diane Taylor
for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Our @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on the living and working conditions of food delivery migrant workers is featured in this excellent piece by Diane Taylor
for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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We are going to focus on the nexus between immigration status and labour conditions through an intersectional perspective and how it affects irregularised and precarious migrant workers
to find out about the @iclaimeu.bsky.social approach: i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
to find out about the @iclaimeu.bsky.social approach: i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
Irregular migration as an assemblage - I-CLAIM
Rethinking irregular migration: a new I-CLAIM paper questions the categories, narratives, and policies that sustain ‘irregularity’.
i-claim.eu
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We are going to focus on the nexus between immigration status and labour conditions through an intersectional perspective and how it affects irregularised and precarious migrant workers
to find out about the @iclaimeu.bsky.social approach: i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
to find out about the @iclaimeu.bsky.social approach: i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
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Tomorrow we are presenting some of the findings from the @iclaimeu.bsky.social at a policy workshop hosted by @ceps.eu, in collaboration with our partners @enareurope.bsky.social & @etuc-ces.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?si=y4W...
www.youtube.com/watch?si=y4W...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Tomorrow we are presenting some of the findings from the @iclaimeu.bsky.social at a policy workshop hosted by @ceps.eu, in collaboration with our partners @enareurope.bsky.social & @etuc-ces.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?si=y4W...
www.youtube.com/watch?si=y4W...
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This morning, the independent commission on community and cohesion met again, today chewing over the link between socio-economic pressures and cohesion & what business can contribute. Sajid Javid and Jon Cruddas are co-chairing a broad group of commissioners looking for common ground
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This morning, the independent commission on community and cohesion met again, today chewing over the link between socio-economic pressures and cohesion & what business can contribute. Sajid Javid and Jon Cruddas are co-chairing a broad group of commissioners looking for common ground
Written by @nandosigona.bsky.social & @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social, The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition draws on research across 6 European countries to propose a new way of thinking about migrant ‘irregularity’
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
Irregular migration as an assemblage - I-CLAIM
Rethinking irregular migration: a new I-CLAIM paper questions the categories, narratives, and policies that sustain ‘irregularity’.
i-claim.eu
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Written by @nandosigona.bsky.social & @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social, The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition draws on research across 6 European countries to propose a new way of thinking about migrant ‘irregularity’
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
i-claim.eu/irregular-mi...
#hotoffthepress
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You can find our new report here: nandosigona.info/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
nandosigona.info
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
You can find our new report here: nandosigona.info/2025/10/31/i...
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Human rights must not be used as a scapegoat to excuse continuing, and escalating, anti-migrant rhetoric and policies.
The ECHR helps protect everyone. Leaving it, or weakening it, harms all of us. It must be protected rather than attacked.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The ECHR helps protect everyone. Leaving it, or weakening it, harms all of us. It must be protected rather than attacked.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry
Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Human rights must not be used as a scapegoat to excuse continuing, and escalating, anti-migrant rhetoric and policies.
The ECHR helps protect everyone. Leaving it, or weakening it, harms all of us. It must be protected rather than attacked.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The ECHR helps protect everyone. Leaving it, or weakening it, harms all of us. It must be protected rather than attacked.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Research that came out last week confirms what we’ve always known.
The ‘migration crisis’ is made up.
It is manufactured and meant to distract.
The ‘migration crisis’ is made up.
It is manufactured and meant to distract.
Poll suggests where immigration lies on people's lists of concerns
The poll, which was commissioned by campaign group Best for Britain, found the cost of living was the top issue for people both nationally and locally.
news.sky.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Research that came out last week confirms what we’ve always known.
The ‘migration crisis’ is made up.
It is manufactured and meant to distract.
The ‘migration crisis’ is made up.
It is manufactured and meant to distract.
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New @iclaimeu.bsky.social report by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and myself on the irregularisation of #migration in Europe and why we need to rethink how we think, talk and address the issue
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New @iclaimeu.bsky.social report by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and myself on the irregularisation of #migration in Europe and why we need to rethink how we think, talk and address the issue
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#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
superdiversity.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
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What happens when people start to realize that immigration is not necessarily the cause of the problems they face? A myth-busting conversation on hope, solidarity, and change."
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What happens when people start to realize that immigration is not necessarily the cause of the problems they face? A myth-busting conversation on hope, solidarity, and change."
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"Who still believes in the American Dream? How long can its demolition hold in a country built on immigration?"
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
S4 E2 No place for migrants in the American Dream
Michaela and Nando talk to Ernesto Castañeda about what's left of the American Dream in Trump's America and countering anti-immigration rhetoric and politics.
whodowethinkweare.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"Who still believes in the American Dream? How long can its demolition hold in a country built on immigration?"
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...
It was great to talk about the state of the American Dream with Professors @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social for their podcast
whodowethinkweare.org/podcasts/who...