Talking Migration

Talking Migration

Discussions, debates and interviews on all aspects of the politics of migration. Supported by the University of Manchester Contact: clara.sandelind@manchester.ac.uk

Episodes

53: Are immigration raids racist kidnappings?

November 13, 2024 • 41 mins
Migrants Rights Network recently published a report on the extent and nature of immigration raids in the UK. This episode interviews two of its co-authors. In this episode: Julia Tinsley-Kent, Head of Policy and Communications Lauren Fernandes, Policy and Campaigns Assistant https://migrantsrights.org.uk/about/our-people/ To read the report 'Immigration Raids: An Anatomy of Racist Intimidation': https://migrantsrights.org.uk/p...
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52. What role does memory play in exile?

October 10, 2024 • 34 mins
What role do memories play in displacement? Are memories political? In this episode, we discuss questions of memory, war, exile and building a new home. In this episode: Ammar Azzouz, Research Fellow at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford and the Principal Investigator of Slow Violence and the City https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/aazzouz.html Talking Migration is supported by the University of Manc...
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51. Is the government responsible for self-harm in detention centres?

October 2, 2024 • 37 mins
In this episode: Guy Aitchison, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/staff/guy-aitchison/#tab3 If you need help or someone to talk to: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/seeking-help-for-a-mental-health-problem/mental-health-helplines/ Article discussed in this episode in The Journal ...
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50. What do we know about immigration and crime?

December 9, 2021 • 23 mins
Perhaps one of the most contentious questions within debates around migration is how the movement of people across international borders affect levels of crime. Simply asking the question carries certain assumptions about the relevance of someone’s migration background to whether or not they are more at risk of committing or being the victim or crime. What does the criminological research tell us about what, if anything, we know ab...
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49. Can asylum be externalized?

October 14, 2021 • 22 mins
The Danish parliament has voted in favour of seeking bilateral agreements with third countries to process and protect asylum seekers there instead of in Denmark. The practical and legal obstacles are many, as are worries about the protection of asylum seekers' human rights. In this episode: Nikolas Tan, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights https://www.humanrights.dk/staff/nikolas-feith-tan Blog post by Niko...
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48. What rights do EU citizens have in the UK?

July 30, 2021 • 18 mins
EU citizens in the UK had to apply for settled status by the end of June. What does this entail and what happened to those who failed to do so? Why are employers checking the status of their employees? In this episode: Olivia Vicol, co-founder and Director of Work Rights Centre - https://www.workrightscentre.org/ Talking Migration is supported by the University of Manchester
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47. What's the UK new plan for immigration?

June 28, 2021 • 50 mins
The UK government has published the New Plan for Immigration policy paper and a consultation period ran from late March to early May. The policy paper describes reforms to the asylum system and other parts of the immigration system. In this episode, we discuss the plans, their implications and criticism. In this episode: William Wheeler, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester https://www.research.manchester.ac....
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46: Should refugees be grateful?

June 1, 2021 • 31 mins
In 2017, Dina Nayeri, an American-Iranian author, wrote an article for the Guardian with the title ‘The ungrateful refugee: We have no debt to repay’. Last year, she published the book ‘The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You’, which tells her own and several other refugees’ stories while exploring themes of refugee life. In this episode: Dina Nayeri http://www.dinanayeri.com/ Book: The Ungrateful Refuge https://w...
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45: Why do migrants go missing?

April 1, 2021 • 35 mins
Every year, people die trying to reach safety and a better future in a different country. But how many and who they are has been mostly unknown. The Missing Migrants Project, run by IOM, has started to collect data on who the people are who have lost their lives while migrating. In this episode: Kate Dearden, Project Officer https://missingmigrants.iom.int/ Talking Migration is supported by the University of Manchester
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44. What's the role of the UNHCR?

February 16, 2021 • 22 mins
The UNHCR plays a critical role in the protection of refugees. Yet while the UNHCR seeks to pressure states into providing aid and protection to refugees, it is also funded by states. What does this tension mean? How has the role of the UNHCR changed and how does it brand itself? In this episode: Jeff Crisp, Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/jeff-crisp-1 W...
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43. What is the second refugee crisis?

February 6, 2021 • 37 mins
In her new book, No Refuge, Serena Parekh describes what she calls the second refugee. This crisis means that the vast majority of refugees cannot find safety or conditions for a life with dignity. Parekh argues that this amounts to a structural injustice and she joins this episode to discuss her book. In this episode: Serena Parekh, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University in Boston https://cssh.northeastern....
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42. How is Covid-19 affecting disabled asylum seekers?

September 28, 2020 • 24 mins
Covid-19 has presented challenges for everyone, but some people are more affected than others. People with disabilities have not been able to socially distance to the extent that others can, and trying to do so may come with extra costs. For disabled asylum seekers, who in the UK are prevented from working and earning a living, this presents additional and significant challenges. In this episode: Dickson Tarnongo, PhD student in ...
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41. Must immigration laws be obeyed?

May 26, 2020 • 38 mins
Many people believe that some or all immigration laws are unjust. Does that imply that citizens and migrants don’t have to obey those laws? Do some of us even have a duty to resist them? Is it possible to believe that migrants don’t have to comply with immigration laws even if you think states have a right to exclude immigrants? In this episode: Matthew Lister, Senior Lecturer in Deakin Law School: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about...
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40. What do we owe to refugees?

May 6, 2020 • 33 mins
Professor David Owen, University of Southampton, talks about his latest book: What Do We Owe to Refugees? https://www.southampton.ac.uk/politics/about/staff/dowen.page To get the book: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/What+Do+We+Owe+to+Refugees%3F-p-9781509539741 Talking Migration is supported by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield and produced by Clara Sandelind (c.sandelind@sheffie...
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39. How has the pandemic affected migrants and refugees?

April 24, 2020 • 35 mins
The Coronavirus pandemic has led to restrictions on movement for everyone. How has the politics and policy of migration and asylum in Europe been affected? What might the long-term impact on Europe’s asylum policy be? In this episode: Catherine Woollard, Secretary General of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles: www.ecre.org ECRE’s informationsheet on Covid-19: https://www.ecre.org/information-sheet-23-april-2020covid-19...
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38. Is there a link between colonialism, asylum and Brexit?

November 4, 2019 • 29 mins
What role does colonialism play in contemporary asylum and migration politics? Do European asylum and migration policies reflect colonial power relations, or is colonialism something that exits in the past whilst different logics govern contemporary migration policies? And can the link between colonialism and asylum and migration even tell us something about Brexit? In this episode: Lucy Mayblin, Senior Leturer in Sociology at t...
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37. What's the state of migration policy in Mexico?

October 14, 2019 • 17 mins
One of the key policy goals of President Trump has been to curb migration from Mexico. But how is this received at the Mexican end? What policies have actually been agreed with, or imposed on, Mexico by the Trump administration? In this episode: Laura Carlsen, Director of the Americas Program at the Center for International Policy. Find more information about Carlsen's work here: https://www.internationalpolicy.org/laura-carlsen...
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36. What injustices do LGBTQ+ asylum seekers face?

July 8, 2019 • 39 mins
The Refugee Convention classes anyone as a refugee who fears persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. This does not include one group of people who are frequently persecuted for who they are, namely LGBTQ+ people. Yet many countries do recognise sexual orientation as a ground of asylum, at least in theory. In practice, LGBTQ asylum seekers face many obst...
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35. What is the Global Compact for Migration?

March 9, 2019 • 25 mins
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was adopted at the end of 2018. Will is safeguard migrants' human rights, or undermine state sovereignty? In this episode: Elspeth Guild, Professor of Law at Queen Mary University of London https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/staff/guild.html Tugba Basaran, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Global Human Movement University of Cambridge https://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/People/t...
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34. What's it like for refugees on Samos?

January 23, 2019 • 42 mins
This episode was recorded last week with volunteers and researchers working on Samos. They tell about dreadful conditions, a third sector filling governance gaps and discuss alternative policies. The podcast is supported by the Department of Politics and the Migration Research Group, the University of Sheffield. In this episode: Giulia Cicoli, Co-Founder Still I Rise https://www.stillirisengo.org/about_us Gemma Bird, Lecturer i...
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