Op-Ed
UK in a Changing Europe, Comparing the Hong Kong BN(O) and Ukraine humanitarian visa schemes, 30/1/2024
The Conversation, Bespoke humanitarian visa schemes like those for Ukraine and Hong Kong can’t replace the asylum system, 30/1/2024
The Conversation, Tears, compromise, divorce – what it’s like to leave the UK because of Brexit, 18/9/2023
El Pais, La normalizacion de la violencia estatal hacia los migrantes y refugiados [The normalization of state violence against migrants and refugees] 3/9/2023
UK in a Changing Europe, A Battle for the Crown, 12/5/2023
Transforming Society, Who is breaking the asylum system? 11/1/2023
MeltingPot, Chi sta rompendo il sistema di asilo? 23/1/2023
OpenDemocracy, Why some migrants are deemed more deserving than others in Global Britain, 18/01/2023
The Political Quarterly, The UK’s Refugee ‘Invasion’ is a Brexit-made Policy Failure, 10/11/2022
The Conversation, Brexit sparked greater attachment to the European Union in UK and EU citizens living abroad, survey suggests 18/10/2022
The Conversation, Four ways Brexit and the loss of free movement have made life harder for mixed British-European families, 29/07/2022
UKICE, How Brexit transformed mobile families into migrant families, 5/5/2022
LSE EUROPP, EU citizenship and transnational political mobilisation after Brexit, 29/4/2022
ODI, UK government’s response to this refugee crisis is too little, too confused, too slow, 9/3/2022
The Conversation, Debunking key myths about Britain’s ‘broken asylum system’, 2/12/2021
The Conversation, Belarus: border crisis with Poland loses sight of the people trapped in the middle, 9/11/2021
Rivista Il Mulino, Brexit e l’eredità del sogno europeo, 2/7/2021
The Sociological Review, Brexit On ‘Plague Island’: Fortifying The UK’s Borders In Times Of Crisis, 2/2/2021
LSE EUROPP, EU families feel more welcome in Scotland than they do in the rest of the UK, 10/10/2019
The Conversation/iNews/Metro, How EU families in Britain are coping with Brexit uncertainty, 31/8/2019
OpenDemocracy, Naturalisation and paracetamol: diary of an EU citizen in the UK, 18/4/2019
New Internationalist, Migration deal, is it the answer? 30/07/2018
OpenDemocracy, Hostile environment: border guards and border guardees, 12/06/2018
OpenDemocracy, Amber Rudd, the Windrush scandal and the reluctant Remainer, 3/5/2018
Discover Society, The Government’s hostile environment and its consequences, 1/5/2018
The Conversation (iNews), Windrush generation is not alone – children of EU-born citizens could be next, 18/4/2018
OpenDemocracy, Another dangerous ‘National Us’: you can’t have a more integrated society in a hostile environment, 21/3/2018
The Conversation, Fact Check: are there over a million foreigners living illegally in Britain? 17/10/2017
Discover Society, The tower, 2/8/2017
LSE Europp, “A disgusting political lie”: EU parents respond to the Children’s Commissioner’s letter to Michel Barnier, 14/7/2017
The Conversation, Rome mayor’s anti-migrant stance signals shift further to right for Italy’s Five Star Movement, 21/6/2017
The Conversation, NGOs under attack for saving too many lives in the Mediterranean, 29/3/2017
The Conversation, If the EU wants to be the bastion of liberal democracy, it too must stop demonising refugees and migrants 2/2/2017
Internazionale, Memoria corta e ipocrisia 10/2/2017
The Conversation, Why pushing undocumented children out of schools won’t help bring down net migration 2/12/2016
The Conversation, No direct flight: new maps show the fragmented journeys of migrants and refugees to Europe 2/11/2016
Refugees Deeply, Outrage Over Unaccompanied Minors Highlights Massive E.U. Data Gap
10/10/2016
Newsweek, Theresa May’s Britain will be no haven for refugees, 23/9/2016
The Conversation, Britain is to take 3,000 refugee children by 2020 … Generous? Think again, 25/4/2016
The Independent, The chart that shows just how generous the UK’s offer to take 3,000 refugee children really is, 25/4/2016
Newsweek, Europe is driving refugees to more dangerous routes across the Med, 30/3/2016
The Conversation, European policy is driving refugees to more dangerous routes across the Med, 29/3/2016
The Conversation, Lost in the world: the young people shunted around a global asylum system, 10/3/2016
OpenDemocracy, Mind the gap: why are unaccompanied children disappearing in their thousands? 22/2/2016
LSE EUROPP, Why the jury is out on the Commission’s latest proposal for a ‘distribution key’ to help solve the refugee crisis, 18/1/2016
The Conversation, Quand l’Europe voit les migrants en double ou en triple, 21/10/2015
The Conversation, Seeing double? How the EU miscounts migrants arriving at its borders, 16/10/2015
Liberation, Quand l’Europe voit les migrants en double ou en triple, 22/10/2015
The Conversation, Juncker appeals to European hearts with refugee plan, but one leader is already shaking his head, 9/9/2015
The Conversation, Calais migrants are not invading: they’re just a small part of a global refugee crisis, 3/8/2015
The Conversation, What the EU must do now to halt this tragedy on its shores, 20/4/2015
The Conversation, Q&A: what is being done to stem migrant crossings in the Mediterranean? 15/4/2015
The Conversation, Fact Check: was Italy’s flagship immigration project a failure? 1/3/2015
The Conversation, Why has this Italian politician’s neighbourly photo prompted such a furious backlash? 5/12/2014
The Conversation, Opting out of Mediterranean rescue condemns desperate migrants to death, 29/10/2014
The Conversation, New wave of nationalism could scupper Italy’s bid for EU-wide response to migrant boats, 30/6/2014
OpenDemocracy, What the EU must do now to halt this tragedy on its shores, 21/4/2015
The Conversation, Whose interests do we protect by refusing children asylum? Not ours, nor the children’s, 10/4/2014
OpenDemocracy, Another killing in British detention: who was Alois Dvorzac? 19/3/2014
LSE EUROPP, The death of migrants in the Mediterranean is a truly ‘European’ tragedy, 14/10/2013
The Conversation, Italy ignores real cause of Lampedusa refugee tragedy, 4/10/2013
OpenDemocracy, King Nigel’s speech: recasting ‘us’ and ‘them’,13/5/2013
OpenDemocracy, UK migration policy: we need to talk about citizens, 4/3/2013
TEDxEastEnd, The UK’s DREAMers? Undocumented children in Britain, 6/12/2012
OpenDemocracy, Life in limbo for UK’s irregular migrant children and families, 24/6/2012
OpenDemocracy, Triple vulnerability: the lives of Britain’s undocumented migrant children, 9/11/2010
Selected media coverage
France 24/AFP,From Bulgaria to the English Channel: tracing trafficked migrant boats, 8/4/2024
Reuters, Fact Check: Misleading to claim Britain’s net migration is set to rise by 315,000,
19/3/2024
The Guardian, Ukrainians in UK shocked by shortage of dentists, survey finds, 30/1/2024
CNA News (Singapore), Interview on irregular crossings and EU responses, 9/10/2023
BBC News, Interview on irregular crossings along the Central Mediterranean route, 1/10/2023
Euronews, Uncertainty, anxiety, even divorce… the impact Brexit had on EU citizens in the UK, 8/9/2023
Euronews, Why it’s often men who make the migration journey to Europe, 6/9/2023
The National, EU families reveal why they left the UK post-Brexit, 8/9/2023
BBC News, Migrant boats in the Mediterranean: Why are so many people dying? 13/8/2023
Al Jazeera, ‘Europeans are almost not coming here anymore’, 9/6/2023
ABC News, Interview, 26/2/2023
ABC News, Dozens of asylum seekers drown off southern Italy, 27/2/2023
Ayesha Hazarika Times Radio https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20221105-13265/2022-11-05 5/11/2022
ZDF Auslandsjournal (Germany) https://www.zdf.de/politik/auslandsjournal/220622-abschiebung-nach-afrika-100.html 22/6/2022
The Guardian, Brexit remains ‘open wound’ for EU citizens living in UK, 23/6/2022
El Mundo, Boris Johnson se enfrenta al doble veredicto de los votantes, 23/6/2022
Independent, Brexit has left ‘enduring scars’ on EU nationals living in UK, research finds, 24/6/2022
El diario, El Brexit sigue siendo una “herida abierta” para los ciudadanos de la UE que viven en Reino Unido, 23/6/2022
Il Sole24Ore, Brexit sei anni dopo: per gli europei residenti in Uk è ancora una ferita aperta, 23/6/2022
Associated Press 15/6/2022: https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-boris-johnson-business-rwanda-migration-6ac674d20298ecc42e035008b5751a30
Associated Press 15/6/2022: https://apnews.com/article/uk-rwanda-migration-deportations-boris-johnson-9ca56e7a1736dd803690ceac544fc7e8
Africanews/Associated Press, https://fr.africanews.com/2022/06/15/nando-sigona-le-royaume-uni-tente-de-se-debarrasser-des-refugies/?utm_medium=AfricanewsFR&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1655295767 15/6/2022
Al Jazeera English, Inside Story, https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2022/6/16/whats-behind-the-record-number-of-displaced-people 16/6/2022
ABC Radio (Australia) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/britain-forced-to-cancel-first-asylum-seeker-deportatio/13931496 16/6/2022
Associated Press, Camped in Calais, migrants renew resolve to try for England, 28/11/2021
Associated Press, Channel migrant deaths: Smugglers net millions per kilometer, 27/11/2021
Associated Press, Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boats, 25/11/2021
TRT World: https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/why-are-more-refugees-risking-the-dangerous-journey-on-the-english-channel-52028 (Ylenia Gostoli) 25/11/2021
ABC Radio (Australia) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/struggle-to-stop-people-smugglers-in-the-wake-of-migrant-tragedy/13649628 (long interview) 26/11/2021
BBC Radio 4 The Week in Westminster, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00120hs 27/11/2021
Al Jazeera English, The News Hour (video interview with Barbara Serra), 25/11/2021
BBC World, News, 26/11/2021
BBC Newsnight, Irregular crossings in the English Channel, 22/11/2021
TBS eFM (South Korea) This Morning, Discussion on the overall relations between Belarus-Poland and the current situation in their borders, 22/11/2021
Aljazeera Inside Story, Is a new international convention to protect refugees needed?, 14/11/2021
CBC The Current, Australia moves to close refugee detention centre on Manus Island, 18/10/2021
Prospect Magazine, The UK’s birth rate has hit a record low. Can it bounce back? 20/10/2021
METRO, Vaccine passports ‘will force undocumented migrants further into the shadows’, 8/4/2021
BBC Radio 4, The Briefing Room, Britain’s immigration dilemma, 8/10/2020
New York Times, U.K. Police Release Names of 39 People Found Dead in Essex Truck, 8/11/2019
Ara.Cat, El Brexit força els europeus del Regne Unit a fer britànics els seus fills, 26/10/2019
La Vanguardia, Nando Sigona: “El cierre del paso de Calais hace que se abran nuevas rutas”, 24/10/2019
BBC Radio 4, PM, 24/10/2019
Radio 24, Nessun Luogo e’ Lontano, 24/10/2019
Associated Press, U.K. probe widens in deaths of 39 smuggled Chinese found dead in freight container after trip across Europe, 25/10/2019
Spiegel, Salvinis langer Schatten, 24/10/2019
euronews, Scotland and Brexit: ‘People are embarrassed over what their friends from the EU have to go through’, 27/9/2019
The Guardian, Brexit: EU citizens feel safer in Scotland than in England, report says, 17/9/2019
BBC Radio Scotland, John Beattie Show, 20/9/2019
The Scotsman, EU citizens feel ‘safer’ in Scotland than in England, finds report, 17/9/2019
The National, Brexit: EU citizens feel safer in Scotland than England, study finds, 17/9/2019
Al Jazeera, European families ‘feel safer’ in Scotland than England, 16/9/2019
World Politics Review, Salvini’s Migrant Crackdown in Italy Is Creating a Crisis, Not Solving One, 30/7/2019
BBC News, Carola Rackete: How a ship captain took on Italy’s Salvini, 6/7/2019
Polish Express, 12/6/2019
The Times, Record number of EU citizens applying for a British passport, 8/6/2019
Daily Mail, Record number of EU nationals are applying for British citizenship as 200 per day seek more security after Brexit, 8/6/2019
Daily Express, Brexit ANXIETY behind surge of EU nationals seeking British citizenship – 200 A DAY, 8/6/2019
Al Jazeera English News, interview on irregular crossings in the Mediterranean Sea, 19/08/2018
NBC/euronews, ‘Migrant rescue ship’s ordeal exposes hardening views as populism blossoms’, 26/07/2018
El Mercurio (Chile), ‘Líderes europeos luchan por ejecutar un urgente pero criticado acuerdo migratorio’, 30/06/2018
Big Issue (New Europeans), ‘A kick in the teeth’, 24/4/2018
The Guardian, EU parents warned children need papers to stay in UK after Brexit, 29/3/2018
El Mundo, Los hijos de europeos nacidos en Reino Unido, en territorio hostil tras el Brexit, 29/3/2018
Huffington Post, EU Parents Urged To Take Steps To Protect Their Child’s Right To Stay In The UK, 29/3/2018
Polish Express, Dzieci unijnych imigrantów w UK mogą mieć “poważne problemy” po Brexicie, 29/3/2018
Politics.co.uk, The real Theresa May: How the PM tried to introduce immigration checks in schools, 5 October 2017
Internazionale, A Napoli non c’e’ spazio per i rom, 2/10/2017
BBC World Service, interview on EU-Turkey deal and Dublin Regulation, 14/3/2-17
MOAS Podcast on migrant journeys across the Mediterranean and EU’s responses, 10/3/2017
Nature, Data on movements of refugees and migrants are flawed, 1/3/2017
CNN, How some European countries are tightening their refugee policies, 22/2/2017
Carta di Roma, Immigrazione e post-verita: quando sui fatti prevalgono le convinzioni personali. Interview, 23/11/2016
BBC World Service, Newshour, interview on Calais and what’s next for its residents, 23/10/2016 (from 47’30”)
News Deeply, Mismatch between rhetoric and reality at the refugee summits, 22/9/2016
BBC News, Rise in lone children seeking asylum in England, 8/9/2016
MO.BE, Europese ontwikkelingshulp als steekpenning om Afrikaanse migranten buiten te houden, 2/9/2016
Sunday Telegraph, No one knows how many children are dying in the Mediterranean – ‘I remember thinking; “Just hours ago this child was alive”‘ 27/7/2016
OpenDemocracy, On superdiversity in a ‘crisis mood’ (interview by Rosemary Bechler) 25/7/2016
BBC Reality Check, Could 250,000 refugees come to the UK from 2020? 3/6/2016
BBC World Have Your Say (from 31’25”), Or Angelina Jolie Pitt’s passionate plea to help refugees, 16/5/2016
BBC Radio 5 Up all Night (from 3h17’15’), On David Miliband’s ‘radical’ proposal to close refugee camps as a solution to the refugee crisis, 15/5/2016
BBC 4 World at One, Is the UK taking a ‘fair share’ of unaccompanied minors? 28/4/2016
Chinese Social Sciences News, Effect of EU-Turkey refugee deal debated, 27/4/2016
Público, ¿Dónde están los menores refugiados desaparecidos? 22/4/2016
Press Association, Nearly 90,000 lone children sought asylum in EU last year, 22/4/2016
El Pais, Cómo son los protagonistas de este desembarco inédito pero previsible, 10/4/2016
ABC RN Breakfast, European Union considers overhaul of asylum seeker system, 7/4/2016
The Guardian, Border force warns terrorists could enter EU by abusing asylum checks, 6/4/2016
The Guardian, EU to set out proposals for overhaul of European asylum rules, 6/4/2016
Vita, Rifugiati, le cifre confermano: le politiche europee aumentano i rischi in mare, 31/3/2016
Voice of America, ‘Mediterranean Hope’ Gives Second Chance to Refugees, 24/3/2016
Left, In Europa aumentano i casi di volontari processati o multati per aver aiutato i rifugiati, 17/3/2016
France24, Calais migrant crisis: Is France doing everything it can? 23/2/2016
Liberation, Pierre Lellouche invente 800 000 migrants supplémentaires en 2015, 5/2/2016
SciDev.net, View on Migration: Protect refugees with mobile banking, 2/2/2016
Al Jazeera Inside Story, Denmark migration law: A sign of things to come? 27/1/2016
L’Humanité, Les chiffres de l’immigration, l’arithmétique d’un crime, 8/1/2016
The Guardian, Stateless in Europe: ‘We are no people with no nation’, 27/12/2015
Il manifesto, Aperto il primo corridoio umanitario, 17/12/2015
Al Jazeera Inside Story, Europe’s refugee dilemma, 12/11/2015
E-IR, Interview, 1/11/2015
Le Croix, Le délicat usage des chiffres sur les migrants, 3/11/2015
RTS, Le décompte des réfugiés en Europe pose question, 25/10/2015
Soir, Quand l’Europe voit les migrants en double ou en triple, 21/10/2015
L’Opinion, Quand l’UE compte deux fois les migrants…, 21/10/2015
euronews, Migrant crisis confusion: how many are entering the EU? 14/10/2015
Voice of America, Migrant Arrivals Unlikely to Bring Major Changes to Europe, 28/9/2015
Associated Press, Migrant arrivals unlikely to bring major changes to Europe, 26/9/2015
BBC News, 4/9/2015
Krytyka Polityczna, Bennett: Europa sie spzecza, a ludzie tona, 3/8/2015
RT UK, Cameron pushes immigration target as net migration continues to soar, 26/5/2015
IRIN News, Outsourcing asylum, 17/3/2015
BBC World Global, 16/4/2014
Al Jazeera America, Human smugglers: Exploiters or pioneers of new underground railroad? 30/11/2014
Truthloader, Hundreds of migrants storm border of Spanish territory Melilla, 20/3/2014
BBC 4 Moral Maze, Migration, 16/10/2013
Politiken, Danmark vil udvise afghanske børn 5/9/2012
The Economist, Good things and small packages, 19/5/2012
de Volkskrant, ‘Romabeleid van Italië is nog erger dan dat van Frankrijk’, 22/9/2010
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