Category Archives: nation-making

Is the UKBA ‘not fit for purpose’? What purpose exactly?

By Nando Sigona The Home Affairs Committee has published a report into the work of the UK Border Agency in which it criticises the UKBA for failing to deport more than 600 Foreign National Prisoners who were released between 1999 and … Continue reading

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European governance and the Roma

At the upcoming 2011 annual world convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities in NYC, I’ll be presenting a paper entitled ‘Securitizing the governance of the Roma in Italy’ . The paper is part of a panel on … Continue reading

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Nation building and the others

I’m on my way to Cyprus where I’m giving a paper at the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration conference (IASFM: www.iasfm.org) . My paper is about RAE in Kosovo, but I’m not going to look into the appaling … Continue reading

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Towards the social inclusion of RAE minorities in Kosovo

Paper by Nando Sigona [draft] June 2008 Introduction The development of an inclusive and welcoming society is a key prerequisite to the successful integration of RAE minorities. The strategy of RAE integration will offer a comphensive policy instrument to address … Continue reading

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