Tabea Scharrer
@tabeascharrer.bsky.social
Anthropologist working on #migration, #inequality and #religion, regional focus on #Kenya and #Somalia; Uni Bayreuth & MPI for Social Anthropology, Editorial Board 'Comparative Migration Studies', https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tabea-Scharrer
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Tabea Scharrer
@tabeascharrer.bsky.social
· May 28
Ein neuer Text von mir zum Thema "Wie Migrationsabwehr und gefährliche Migrationsrouten zusammenhängen. Das Beispiel der Lösegeldschleusung in Libyen" ist heute im neuen "Report Globale Flucht 2025" (Fischer Verlag) erschienen: www.fischerverlage.de/buch/report-...
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NEW -
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEW -
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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Comparative Migration Studies turns 10! Our special issue on “Critical Transitions in Migration Studies” reflects on how the field has evolved and where it’s heading next. Grateful for the first decade – here’s to the next ten years of CMS 🚀 link.springer.com/collections/...
Anniversary issue 10 years of CMS
In this anniversary issue we reflect on the past of the journal Comparative Migration Studies in order to better understand the journal’s present and to shape ...
link.springer.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Comparative Migration Studies turns 10! Our special issue on “Critical Transitions in Migration Studies” reflects on how the field has evolved and where it’s heading next. Grateful for the first decade – here’s to the next ten years of CMS 🚀 link.springer.com/collections/...
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Finally out: our introductory paper on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue" by @sanamroohi.bsky.social, @pwascholten.bsky.social, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Thais França, Andreas Pott, @zanavathi.bsky.social and myself.
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Finally out: our introductory paper on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue" by @sanamroohi.bsky.social, @pwascholten.bsky.social, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Thais França, Andreas Pott, @zanavathi.bsky.social and myself.
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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Africans strongly support women’s autonomy in marriage and reproductive decisions, but they are divided on access to contraceptives.
Head over to our website to read more in our latest Pan-Africa Profile: bit.ly/3KdUlGI
#VoicesAfrica #Gender #ReproductiveHealth
Head over to our website to read more in our latest Pan-Africa Profile: bit.ly/3KdUlGI
#VoicesAfrica #Gender #ReproductiveHealth
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Africans strongly support women’s autonomy in marriage and reproductive decisions, but they are divided on access to contraceptives.
Head over to our website to read more in our latest Pan-Africa Profile: bit.ly/3KdUlGI
#VoicesAfrica #Gender #ReproductiveHealth
Head over to our website to read more in our latest Pan-Africa Profile: bit.ly/3KdUlGI
#VoicesAfrica #Gender #ReproductiveHealth
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Pretty stunning that 1 in 4 undocumented people told a NYT-backed poll they approve of the Trump admin's deportations.
One "said she was not afraid of that happening to her, because she and her family were good people."
Information flows are a complicated thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
One "said she was not afraid of that happening to her, because she and her family were good people."
Information flows are a complicated thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Pretty stunning that 1 in 4 undocumented people told a NYT-backed poll they approve of the Trump admin's deportations.
One "said she was not afraid of that happening to her, because she and her family were good people."
Information flows are a complicated thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
One "said she was not afraid of that happening to her, because she and her family were good people."
Information flows are a complicated thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Online presentation on conflict and peace in Ethiopia’s Southern Lowlands, "Individual Accountability, Collective Punishment, and the Securitization of Development", by Lucie Buffavand, next Thursday 20.11.2025, 6pm (CET), organised by WAKHVA, more information and registration: hornvonafrikaev.de
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Online presentation on conflict and peace in Ethiopia’s Southern Lowlands, "Individual Accountability, Collective Punishment, and the Securitization of Development", by Lucie Buffavand, next Thursday 20.11.2025, 6pm (CET), organised by WAKHVA, more information and registration: hornvonafrikaev.de
Finally out: our introductory paper on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue" by @sanamroohi.bsky.social, @pwascholten.bsky.social, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Thais França, Andreas Pott, @zanavathi.bsky.social and myself.
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10thanniversary issue - Comparative Migration Studies
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Finally out: our introductory paper on "Critical transitions in migration studies: Comparative Migration Studies’ 10th anniversary issue" by @sanamroohi.bsky.social, @pwascholten.bsky.social, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Thais França, Andreas Pott, @zanavathi.bsky.social and myself.
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
doi.org/10.1186/s408...
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The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
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What surveys with 170 smugglers in the Puntland region of Somalia say about smuggling dynamics in the Horn of Africa. ⬇️⬇️
Read all: https://f.mtr.cool/omtzsloywz
Read all: https://f.mtr.cool/omtzsloywz
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
What surveys with 170 smugglers in the Puntland region of Somalia say about smuggling dynamics in the Horn of Africa. ⬇️⬇️
Read all: https://f.mtr.cool/omtzsloywz
Read all: https://f.mtr.cool/omtzsloywz
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As the US and France scaled back counterterrorism efforts in #Africa, the UAE, Russia and Turkey expanded their military #interventions in the continent's #conflicts, deploying more forces each year since 2018, to countries like Mali, Somalia, and Sudan.
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As the US and France scaled back counterterrorism efforts in #Africa, the UAE, Russia and Turkey expanded their military #interventions in the continent's #conflicts, deploying more forces each year since 2018, to countries like Mali, Somalia, and Sudan.
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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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The global humanitarian system is disintegrating in real time; this is the reality for @unhcr.org:
1. UNHCR is ending 2025 with $1.3 billion less than last year, a 30% workforce reduction, and 185 offices consolidated or closed. (1/x)
1. UNHCR is ending 2025 with $1.3 billion less than last year, a 30% workforce reduction, and 185 offices consolidated or closed. (1/x)
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The global humanitarian system is disintegrating in real time; this is the reality for @unhcr.org:
1. UNHCR is ending 2025 with $1.3 billion less than last year, a 30% workforce reduction, and 185 offices consolidated or closed. (1/x)
1. UNHCR is ending 2025 with $1.3 billion less than last year, a 30% workforce reduction, and 185 offices consolidated or closed. (1/x)
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"Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Asyls"
Der Titel des Editorials ist einem Roman entlehnt: CONSTANTIN HRUSCHKA beobachtet, dass auch das Asylrecht zur Fiktion wird.
Über kalkulierten Rechtsbruch, gesetzgeberische Hyperaktivität und die Rolle von Empathie.
verfassungsblog.de/asyl-geas-gr...
Der Titel des Editorials ist einem Roman entlehnt: CONSTANTIN HRUSCHKA beobachtet, dass auch das Asylrecht zur Fiktion wird.
Über kalkulierten Rechtsbruch, gesetzgeberische Hyperaktivität und die Rolle von Empathie.
verfassungsblog.de/asyl-geas-gr...
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Der Plan von der Abschaffung des Asyls"
Der Titel des Editorials ist einem Roman entlehnt: CONSTANTIN HRUSCHKA beobachtet, dass auch das Asylrecht zur Fiktion wird.
Über kalkulierten Rechtsbruch, gesetzgeberische Hyperaktivität und die Rolle von Empathie.
verfassungsblog.de/asyl-geas-gr...
Der Titel des Editorials ist einem Roman entlehnt: CONSTANTIN HRUSCHKA beobachtet, dass auch das Asylrecht zur Fiktion wird.
Über kalkulierten Rechtsbruch, gesetzgeberische Hyperaktivität und die Rolle von Empathie.
verfassungsblog.de/asyl-geas-gr...
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At the UK's Brook House, migrants describe being trapped in a system driven by profit rather than policy — a place where private companies earn more the longer people are kept in limbo, a new investigation reveals.
Drugs, violence and profit: Inside Britain’s Brook House detention centre
At the UK's Brook House, migrants describe being trapped in a system driven by profit rather than policy — a place where private companies earn more the longer people are kept in limbo, a new investigation reveals.
euobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
At the UK's Brook House, migrants describe being trapped in a system driven by profit rather than policy — a place where private companies earn more the longer people are kept in limbo, a new investigation reveals.
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In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
Destitute by design: trapped in the immigration system
Migration policy is not only failing people forced to arrive in Britain by
boats. In an extract from a new edited volume, Daniel Trilling reports on t...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
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A drying climate in East Africa reduced the amount of water in Kenya’s Lake Turkana over thousands of years, which unleashed earthquakes and volcanoes from underneath it.
When rift lakes dry up it can cause earthquakes and eruptions
Lake Turkana in Kenya, known as the cradle of humanity, has shrunk in recent millennia – and the loss of water has led to increased seismic activity, which could have impacted our ancient ancestors
www.newscientist.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A drying climate in East Africa reduced the amount of water in Kenya’s Lake Turkana over thousands of years, which unleashed earthquakes and volcanoes from underneath it.
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OUT NOW: In this new blog post, Maddy Clark and I examine some of the steps that got us to one of the largest far-right marches in UK history. The expansion of target groups - eg via racist & anti-trans agitation - is one of them:
'Racism, transphobia and the mainstreaming of far-right politics in Britain'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by Maddy Clark and @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
Read the blog post ⬇️
identitiesjournal.co...
#farright #racism @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
OUT NOW: In this new blog post, Maddy Clark and I examine some of the steps that got us to one of the largest far-right marches in UK history. The expansion of target groups - eg via racist & anti-trans agitation - is one of them:
Reposted by Tabea Scharrer
A groundbreaking, eye-opening, and much needed investigation into Tigray's postwar goldrush: one of the most overlooked causes of the region's calamitous law and order breakdown—and its slide back to war.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
When Tigray became a ‘wild west’ of illegal gold mining, Canadian firms staked a claim
A postwar gold rush in Ethiopia razed the landscape and sowed seeds for conflict. The Globe looks into Canadian-licensed sites at the heart of it, and their ties to Beijing
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A groundbreaking, eye-opening, and much needed investigation into Tigray's postwar goldrush: one of the most overlooked causes of the region's calamitous law and order breakdown—and its slide back to war.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Online presentation on conflict and peace in Ethiopia’s Southern Lowlands, "Individual Accountability, Collective Punishment, and the Securitization of Development", by Lucie Buffavand, next Thursday 20.11.2025, 6pm (CET), organised by WAKHVA, more information and registration: hornvonafrikaev.de
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Online presentation on conflict and peace in Ethiopia’s Southern Lowlands, "Individual Accountability, Collective Punishment, and the Securitization of Development", by Lucie Buffavand, next Thursday 20.11.2025, 6pm (CET), organised by WAKHVA, more information and registration: hornvonafrikaev.de
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Matriarchs of the East African coast
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Matriarchs of the East African coast: Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900 CE)
Historical traditions of several pre-colonial African societies are awash with stories of titled women who played prominent roles in the continent’s political history, such as the Candaces of ancient ...
www.africanhistoryextra.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Matriarchs of the East African coast
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Power, Property and the changing status of Women in the Swahili world (1300-1900CE)
Many coastal societies followed matrilineal principles of descent and inheritance, and nearly all followed a matrilocal residence rule
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/matriarchs...
Danke für diese Leseempfehlung!
"Das ist das Perfide an der Konstruktion des Doppelstaats: Er organisiert die Unterdrückung von Widerspruch, lässt aber die große Mehrheit der Bürger in Frieden.“ Habe noch einmal Fraenkels #Doppelstaat gelesen. Beklemmend aktuell für die Lage in den USA www.zeit.de/2025/47/der-...
"Der Doppelstaat": Wenn das Recht noch besteht, aber nicht mehr gilt
Unter dem Eindruck der NS-Diktatur verfasste der deutsch-jüdische Jurist Ernst Fraenkel seine hellsichtige Analyse "Der Doppelstaat". Heute ist sie wieder brandaktuell.
www.zeit.de
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Danke für diese Leseempfehlung!