Mary Bosworth
@mfbosworth.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.
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Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
PhD Studentship : AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oxford Brookes University has a huge raft of AHRC-funded PhD studentships in the Arts, Humanities and allied subjects! Both fees and a stipend covered. Take a look at the ad below - the closing date is 30th January 2026. Anyone interested at all, get in touch!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM937/p...
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We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
Stop Palantir in the NHS | Good Law Project
NHS trusts are rolling out Palantir software, but we’re fighting back
goodlaw.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We've created a simple tool so you can find out whether your local NHS trust is using Palantir's software and asking them to resist Wes Streeting's push to sign up for it. goodlaw.social/zr8w
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Michael Vastine argues for the importance of the reinstatement of the “National Qualified Representative Program,” which offers legal representation to vulnerable migrants with mental health challenges, after it being cut by Trump's DOGE program.
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
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Read the new blog post here ⤵️
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December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Michael Vastine argues for the importance of the reinstatement of the “National Qualified Representative Program,” which offers legal representation to vulnerable migrants with mental health challenges, after it being cut by Trump's DOGE program.
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/epQmDGCd
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/epQmDGCd
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I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Isabel Jess reviews The Shape of Belonging, where Özlem Ögtem-Young delves deeply into the complex nature of belonging among young unaccompanied migrants in the UK, drawing on interviews and interdisciplinary theories. Read the review here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Isabel Jess reviews The Shape of Belonging, where Özlem Ögtem-Young delves deeply into the complex nature of belonging among young unaccompanied migrants in the UK, drawing on interviews and interdisciplinary theories. Read the review here: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Book Review by Holly Bird - Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control by @mfbosworth.bsky.social blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Book Review: Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Book Review by Holly Bird - Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control by @mfbosworth.bsky.social blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Have any other people received the email about being part of the Anthropic case? When I checked their list of my books affected it did not match what I had sent them which included all the ones with US copyright and stolen on libgen. Anyone know what to do?
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Have any other people received the email about being part of the Anthropic case? When I checked their list of my books affected it did not match what I had sent them which included all the ones with US copyright and stolen on libgen. Anyone know what to do?
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Authors Kjersti Lohne, Andreea Ioana Alecu and Katrine Antonsen point out how "Swedish criminal justice policy reflects a shift towards a more punitive stance—a marked departure from the country's historical emphasis on rehabilitation and welfare."
Read the new blog post here⤵️
tinyurl.com/ms7kj5vw
Read the new blog post here⤵️
tinyurl.com/ms7kj5vw
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Authors Kjersti Lohne, Andreea Ioana Alecu and Katrine Antonsen point out how "Swedish criminal justice policy reflects a shift towards a more punitive stance—a marked departure from the country's historical emphasis on rehabilitation and welfare."
Read the new blog post here⤵️
tinyurl.com/ms7kj5vw
Read the new blog post here⤵️
tinyurl.com/ms7kj5vw
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There always seems to be money for cruelty, doesn’t there…
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There always seems to be money for cruelty, doesn’t there…
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"Both attorneys and smugglers do not merely respond to inequality, they help reproduce it." Marielys Padua Soto reflects on the effect of different actors working across the global migration regime, and how they sustain it.
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
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Read the new blog post here ⤵️
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November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Both attorneys and smugglers do not merely respond to inequality, they help reproduce it." Marielys Padua Soto reflects on the effect of different actors working across the global migration regime, and how they sustain it.
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eqs6aXid
Read the new blog post here ⤵️
lnkd.in/eqs6aXid
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This sounds fascinating, organised by @thesociologicalreview.org so if you are in Glasgow, please consider attending. It is free.
GLESGA CALLING: will you be in Glasgow this week? Are you interested in sociology, anthropology and migration?
If so, please join us for our Annual Lecture 2025 on Thursday, as acclaimed scholar Shahram Khosravi speaks on doing migration studies in dark times.
🎟️ Book your tickets buff.ly/n8QjRkd
If so, please join us for our Annual Lecture 2025 on Thursday, as acclaimed scholar Shahram Khosravi speaks on doing migration studies in dark times.
🎟️ Book your tickets buff.ly/n8QjRkd
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This sounds fascinating, organised by @thesociologicalreview.org so if you are in Glasgow, please consider attending. It is free.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Was this written by a cat? Surely this plan would result in one immense animal?
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Was this written by a cat? Surely this plan would result in one immense animal?
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If you're in Oxford please join us next Tuesday evening: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
Immigration Bail: Still a Struggle for Justice
Oxford launch of the Third Report of the Bail Observation Project
www.law.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If you're in Oxford please join us next Tuesday evening: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...
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Known for being a welfare state, Denmark has been increasingly using ‘penal power to regulate non-citizens’. This has created significant spillover effects on the country’s development aid for international migration. See the analysis: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Known for being a welfare state, Denmark has been increasingly using ‘penal power to regulate non-citizens’. This has created significant spillover effects on the country’s development aid for international migration. See the analysis: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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Our network member @vcanning.bsky.social on why the UK should not copy the Danish model:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
Why it's a bad idea for the UK to copy Denmark's asylum system
Victoria Canning, who has spent more than 10 years researching refugee rights in Denmark, writes about the lessons that can be learned.
www.bigissue.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our network member @vcanning.bsky.social on why the UK should not copy the Danish model:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
"As the co-ordinator of a national support service for refugees in Denmark said about deportation centres: 'They are designed to make life as intolerable as possible, to persuade people to go back.”
Read more:
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This is an excellent summary of this week's UK asylum announcements from Free Movement. freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...
Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: "Restoring Order and Control" - Free Movement
Following a plethora of media briefings and coverage over the past few days, the Home Secretary has officially published her policy paper on "Restoring Order
freemovement.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is an excellent summary of this week's UK asylum announcements from Free Movement. freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...
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We're hiring an editor in our New York office!
Apply by December 1st, 2025
Apply by December 1st, 2025
Job Openings
US Editor Verso Books is looking for an Editor to join the team in Verso’s New York office. This role will be responsible for acquiring and editing books for the Verso list, which covers a wide range ...
www.versobooks.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We're hiring an editor in our New York office!
Apply by December 1st, 2025
Apply by December 1st, 2025
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Defending Prison Journalism Project
People inside America’s crumbling prisons risk everything to speak out about horrific conditions inside. We’re leading the push to help expose the actors and systems responsible for the violence of mass incarceration endmassincarceration.org/defending-pr...
People inside America’s crumbling prisons risk everything to speak out about horrific conditions inside. We’re leading the push to help expose the actors and systems responsible for the violence of mass incarceration endmassincarceration.org/defending-pr...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Defending Prison Journalism Project
People inside America’s crumbling prisons risk everything to speak out about horrific conditions inside. We’re leading the push to help expose the actors and systems responsible for the violence of mass incarceration endmassincarceration.org/defending-pr...
People inside America’s crumbling prisons risk everything to speak out about horrific conditions inside. We’re leading the push to help expose the actors and systems responsible for the violence of mass incarceration endmassincarceration.org/defending-pr...
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People seeking asylum in the UK deserve safety and dignity 🧡
Read our statement reiterating our support to organisations welcoming and supporting refugees in the UK. We also share responses from the sector about how the government's proposals on the asylum system will impact people.
Read our statement reiterating our support to organisations welcoming and supporting refugees in the UK. We also share responses from the sector about how the government's proposals on the asylum system will impact people.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
People seeking asylum in the UK deserve safety and dignity 🧡
Read our statement reiterating our support to organisations welcoming and supporting refugees in the UK. We also share responses from the sector about how the government's proposals on the asylum system will impact people.
Read our statement reiterating our support to organisations welcoming and supporting refugees in the UK. We also share responses from the sector about how the government's proposals on the asylum system will impact people.
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Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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A lovely review of @mfbosworth.bsky.social's Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi... @princetonupress.bsky.social - thank you @bordercrim.bsky.social and @holly-bird.bsky.social!
Book Review: Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A lovely review of @mfbosworth.bsky.social's Supply Chain Justice: The Logistics of British Border Control blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi... @princetonupress.bsky.social - thank you @bordercrim.bsky.social and @holly-bird.bsky.social!
Do any Oxford based people know how or whether our MPs have responded to today’s announcements by the Home Secretary? I can’t find anything
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Do any Oxford based people know how or whether our MPs have responded to today’s announcements by the Home Secretary? I can’t find anything
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V useful analysis of some of the significant human rights problems raised by Mahmood’s announcement
New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
V useful analysis of some of the significant human rights problems raised by Mahmood’s announcement