Syrian minorities refused asylum in Europe as rejections surge European governments are toughening their stance on applications from Syria, now ‌dictator Bashar al-Assad has gone and the country's 14-year civil war is over.

IRiS Director @nandosigona.bsky.social quoted in this important Reuters piece on the risks faced by Syrian minorities denied asylum in Europe.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Spanish Immigration Is Different Madrid is preparing for one of the most ambitious regularization schemes in European history.

I was interviewed for this piece on Spain's regularisation scheme in @foreignpolicy.com
foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/13/s...

Final Joint Policy Meeting - Brussels | New insights on irregular migration
I-CLAIM, DignityFIRM & PRIME brought together experts and policy makers to discuss vulnerabilities, public attitudes & EU responses. It also featured the screening of the Documentary 'The Others'.

#EUResearch #Migration

Immigration Status and Labour Conditions: Migrant workers in Agriculture, Delivery and Logistics, and Domestic and Care Work in Europe - I-CLAIM This report compares the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure residence status across agriculture, domestic work, and delivery sectors in six European countries. Based on 244 interv...

Migration regime produces oven-read disposable workers
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Uncertain Grounds: Reframing Migration in Europe is a group exhibition of art projects curated by Centrala and commissioned by @iclaimeu.bsky.social
#finalconference #brussels
When around in Brussels check it out - galerie demeester 🥰

Not an easy task: capturing three years of @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the living and working conditions of migrant workers with insecure legal status in Europe in just 100 seconds.

Suffice to say, there is much more to read, watch and lister on our website www.i-claim.eu

Irregularised migrant workers in Europe YouTube video by I-CLAIM

Very effective video by @iclaimeu.bsky.social summarising three years of research on the living and working conditions of migrant workers with insecure legal status in Europe in 100 seconds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1r7...

Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of the proposed Return Regulation.

Davide Colombi asks what this will do to EU migration policy in a timely commentary, highlighting its similarities to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Read more: www.ceps.eu/the-return-r...

A new @iclaimeu.bsky.social policy brief sheds light on the gendered dynamics at play in Europe's migration systems.

The paper reveals how Europe’s migration frameworks and gender-segregated, precarious labour markets drive "irregular" status for migrants.

Read it here: www.ceps.eu/ceps-publica...

The final event of the 3-year research project on irregularised migration @iclaimeu.bsky.social in Brussels at the Committee of the Regions. Panels chaired by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social @nandosigona.bsky.social present research and policy recommendations can also be found on the website i-claim.eu

Gender, households and the production of irregularity in Europe - I-CLAIM This Policy Brief shows that access to residence security and family life is increasingly conditioned by continuous employment, income thresholds, housing requirements and employer sponsorship.

🚨New I-CLAIM policy brief shows how migration, labour & family policies in the EU produce migrant irregularity along gendered lines. Based on research in FI, DE, IT, NL, PL & UK. By @davidecolombi.bsky.social, @lnare.bsky.social & Paula Merikoski
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#Migration #GenderEquality

Launching the UK policy brief on immigration policy and precarious migrant labour in Birmingham.
Immigration Policy and Precarious Migrant Labour in the UK - I-CLAIM share.google/StKx04hPl8fr...

and it doesn’t seem to matter that the people involved, not the countries, have paid thousands of pounds to the British treasury (not to smugglers) in visa, NHS and education fees.

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe. Policy, Perception, and Precarity - I-CLAIM This report examines how race and racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe. Drawing on comparative research in Finland, Germany, Italy, the...

4 updates from IRIS.
➜Racial Logics of hashtag#IrregularMigration: new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report on how race and #racism shape the production, governance, and lived experience of migrants’ irregularity across Europe:
in collaboration with @enareurope.bsky.social
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A different path: the regularisation of migrants in Spain The Spanish model in today's anti-migration Europe

New piece by @nandosigona.bsky.social:
A different path – the #regularisation of migrants in #Spain.
At a time of rising xenophobia across Europe, Spain is charting a different course. What does it reveal about the failures of the wider European approach? www.meltingpot.org/en/2026/02/a...

UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age The number of people holding both British and EU passports increased significantly between 2011 and 2021.

New rules for dual citizens reflect how states are adapting citizenship to a digital age of control and surveillance.
👉 Read the full analysis on @theconversation.com UK’s new passport rules for dual citizens are a result of border control in the digital age
theconversation.com/uks-new-pass...

Thanks for coming to the public library in Utrecht tonight where we screened the @iclaimeu.bsky.social commissioned video ‘Home-Delivered’ curated by Centrala and produced by Radu featuring food delivery workers’ experiences in the city

Documentary screening & discussion 'THE OTHERS' - I-CLAIM Join us on 23 March in Amsterdam for the screening of THE OTHERS, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and experts on dignity for migrant workers in Farm2Fork.

🎥 Join us 23 March in Amsterdam for the screening of THE OTHERS + a discussion with the filmmakers and experts on dignity for migrant workers in Farm2Fork. Free event — registration required. 🔗 i-claim.eu/documentary-...
This screening will be part of the final event of @dignityfirm.bsky.social

Immigration Status and Labour Conditions: Migrant workers in Agriculture, Delivery and Logistics, and Domestic and Care Work in Europe - I-CLAIM This report compares the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure residence status across agriculture, domestic work, and delivery sectors in six European countries. Based on 244 interv...

📘 New report: 'Immigration Status and Labour Conditions' examines how migrants with insecure residence status work and live in agriculture, domestic & care work, and delivery/logistics across 6 European countries, based on 244 interviews.
🔗 i-claim.eu/project/immi...

Spain's choice on migrants 'pragmatic' but data needs securing, expert says

Spain's choice on migrants 'pragmatic' but data needs securing, expert says - France 24 share.google/dtUoRaQ4lMf0...

Following a masked courier navigating Utrecht during a work shift, Home. Delivered. forces the viewer to come face to face with the realities of food delivery riders, based on research by @iclaimeu.bsky.social from the University of Utrecht.

Exhibition opening 05/01/26, Bibliotheek Utrecht, 19:30.

we have written extensively about this as part of the @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the irregularisation of migration in Europe, check out our publications: i-claim.eu/country-repo...

This is leadership, especially in these dire times when migrants are used as an easy punchbag from all sides of the political spectrum.

Need some help to understand what's going on in Trump's America? Listen to the #MAGA & #migration #podcast series hosted by @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & @nandosigona.bsky.social

"This (co-authored with @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social) is from the Horizon Europe @iclaimeu.bsky.social project on the irregularisation of #migration which has taken so much of my time in the last three years", @nandosigona.bsky.social explains. zenodo.org/records/1748...

A (research) year-in-review thread from IRIS @unibirmingham.bsky.social
We asked our researchers to pick one of their publications from 2025 and share why it stands out for them.
Here's what they replied!
#migration
#refugees
#socialsciences
#diversity
#research

Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in Netherlands - I-CLAIM This document outlines insights from the I-CLAIM public perceptions survey on irregular migration, which on what people in the Netherlands know about irregular migration, how they perceive it, and the...

New I-CLAIM publication
Based on survey research, we examine public knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of irregular migration in the Netherlands. @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social @laurence-lessard.bsky.social @minke-hajer.bsky.social

🔗 i-claim.eu/project/publ...

Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in the UK - I-CLAIM This report summarises findings from the February 2025 I-CLAIM survey of 1,147 UK adults, exploring public knowledge of irregular migration, how people define it, and their attitudes toward irregular ...

Views on #irregularmigration are complicated. Academics always say so. But what if who we think #irregularmigrants are is deeply distorted by political and media narratives?

check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more.
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