Podcasts about nando sigona

Europe's migration dilemma. The deaths of people risking the dangerous Channel crossing from France to the UK puts more pressure on governments. Tough border controls are in place. So, how should countries tackle undocumented migration? In this episode: Nando Sigona, Professor, International Migration and Forced Displacement, University of Birmingham. Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah, Communications Director, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. Yasha Maccanico, Co-president, Migreurop. Host: James Bays  Connect with us:@AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

What's the significance of migration for the making of ‘Global Britain'? And what are the theoretical and conceptual tools that can help to unpack this question? In this episode, we turn our attention to the value of racial capitalism for understanding migration to and from the UK after Brexit. Elena Zambelli explains what we mean when we talk about ‘Global Britain,' its political trajectory, and the role of coloniality within it. Ida Danewid, Lecturer in Gender and Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex joins us to offer insights into the relationship between racial capitalism, migration and borders. As she highlights, mobility controls produce the exploitable labour force necessary for capitalist accumulation and how those migrantized resist state violence. And co-hosts Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson consider what a racial capitalism lens adds to understandings of the UK's new suite of humanitarian visas, and more broadly to the role of migration in the making of Global Britain.  You can access the full transcripts for the episode, further resources and active listening questions over on our website: Who do we think we are? 

What are the UK Government's ‘safe and legal routes'? How do these relate to ‘stop the boats', the Rwanda Plan, and the curtailment of asylum as laid out in the 1951 Refugee Convention? What can we learn from listening to the Hong Kongers and Ukrainians beneficiaries of these humanitarian visas? And what if these routes are not so safe after all?    In this episode we explore the UK's safe and legal (humanitarian routes). Elena Zambelli explains what ‘asylum' is, looking its history, scope and challenges to these international protections since 2015 ‘refugee crisis.' Fizza Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants' Rights Network, board member of Migrants at Work and of the honorary advisory committee for the Black Europeans, joins us to offer a critical overview of the UK's immigration and asylum reforms over the past decade. Asking what this tells us about migrants' rights, she highlights how these reforms impact disproportionately on brown and black migrants who try to make the UK their homes. And co-hosts Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson consider the ongoing contestations surrounding the figure of the ‘refugee' as well as the asylum system as a whole. They reflect on how beneficiaries of the Hong Kong BN(O) and Ukraine visa schemes experience these humanitarian visas, and what we can learn from them about the limits of these.   You can access the full transcripts for the episode, further resources and active listening questions over on our website: Who do we think we are? 

What happens when borders cross families? How do families navigate these interruptions to their ability to live together? This episode considers what shifting perspective to families opens up to view in terms of thinking about the work of borders and their impact on people's everyday lives. Helena Wray, Professor of Migration Law at the University of Exeter, explains the historical development of family migration laws and what these make visible about the racialization of the nation and its political community. Elena Zambelli explains what a ‘mixed-status family' is, and the many ways in which states may affect its members' everyday lives and future imaginings. And co-hosts Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson consider how the state's regulation of family migrations is linked to the reproduction of the nation state, and draw on data collected within the MIGZEN project to show the effects of Brexit on British-European families.  You can access the full transcripts for the episode, further resources and active listening questions over on our website: Who do we think we are? 

What's changed in the UK's approach to migration since Brexit? How has this impacted on migration flows? Who is and isn't migrating to the UK ? In A New Plan for Migration? we consider the shape and structure of the UK's regulation and governance of migration since leaving the European Union. Catherine Craven explains what we mean when we talk about Migration Regimes, and shows how this works in practice. Barrister, author and Founder of Free Movement Law Colin Yeo, shares his thoughts on what has and hasn't changed in terms of laws and policies on UK immigration since Brexit. And our presenters Michaela Benson and Nando Sigona consider the politicisation of migration, and how this is reflected in rhetoric and the framing of new legislation, policy and guidelines, and what EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU have to say about it. And they ask the question is the post Brexit regime just? You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website Who do we think we are?  In this episode we cover …  Migration regimes  New plan for migration  Post-Brexit borders and immigration controls Active listening questions:  How would you define a migration regime?  What do migration regimes do for states?  In what ways has the UK's migration regime changed since Brexit, if at all?   Find out more about …  Why some migrants are deemed more deserving than others in Global Britain in Michaela and Nando's piece for Open Democracy   The injustices inherent in the UK's current immigration system from Colin's book Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System  An early call for the institution of a fair global migration regime in this article by Stephen Castles   Podcast recommendations:  Colin on the Politico podcast: Westminster Insider: Can Rishi Sunak ‘Stop the boats'?   Listen to the Free Movement podcast for regular updates and commentaries on UK immigration law  Check this episode of WDWTWA Beyond the Headlines where Colin joined Michaela and Ala Sirriyeh to discuss Suella Braverman  Call to action   Follow the podcast on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed.   Get all the latest updates from the MIGZEN research project  on Twitter and Instagram  Follow Who do we think we are? on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.   

 We're talking Freedom of Movement, its role in the formation of an EU–wide imagined community, and the experiences of people who have lost their FOM rights due to Brexit. Catherine Craven explains what we mean when we talk about Freedom of Movement within the EU, its institutional underpinnings and social implications. Elspeth Guild, legal scholar and counsel, joins us to talk about the history and evolution of Free Movement rights within the EU, what Freedom of Movement does for Europeans and the meaning of EU citizenship, as well as the significance of the external EU border and the politicisation of asylum in the story of EU Free Movement. Nando and Michaela reflect on changes to who moves within Europe, how mobility within the EU relates to feelings of identity and belonging, as well as the inequalities that exist amongst EU citizens when they exercise Free Movement rights, and the impact of Brexit on those people who have lost their rights to FOM since Brexit. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website  Who do we think we are? In this episode we cover … 1               Freedom of Movement 2               EU citizenship, identity and belonging 3               What Brexit and the loss of FOM has meant for British citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK Active listening questions How would you describe Freedom of Movement? What factors might shape people's experience of moving within the EU? And relatedly, what challenges or opportunities might people face when they move within the EU? What role does migration play in creating and maintaining a ‘community of Europeans'? In what ways has Brexit changed how you - your family & friends - can move to or within the EU? Find more about …  How migration and asylum relate to the “European way of life” from Elspeth's article in the European Law Journal   How British People of Colour experience Brexit in Michaela Benson and Chantelle Lewis' article in Ethnic and Racial Studies.   What Brexit means for British citizens in the EU-27 in this short animation   What place has got to do with identifying as European in this piece on Brexit, emotions and belonging by Nando Sigona and Marie Godin   And why is London the (best) place to be for Roma? Watch this short video   MIGZEN research  on European belongings and political participation beyond Brexit.   Our podcast picks ... Brexit Brits Abroad: Social mobility, free movement and the impermanance of citizenship rights Borders & Belonging – How has Brexit changed the UK for Migrants? Free Movement on  EU Settled Status Call to action Follow the podcast on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed.  Get all the latest updates from the MIGZEN research project  on Twitter and Instagram Follow Who do we think we are? on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.  

What does Eurovision have to do with the Coronation? In this episode swap, the team at Who do we think we are? is talking about what we learn about “Global Britain” and its imagined community by looking at how migrants understand major cultural events.Elena Zambelli explains what social scientists mean when they talk about the imagined community. Laura Clancy, sociologist of the royal family, joins us to talk about the missing voices in conversations about the future of the British monarchy. Co-hosts Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson reflect on what British citizens living abroad, EU citizens and others who have made the UK their homes told them about how they understand Britain and their place within it following Brexit. What does hearing from them about the monarchy, the Commonwealth Games and Eurovision make visible about the new borders of political membership and symbolic boundaries of belonging?In this episode we cover:The imagined communityThe monarchy and the myth of the British nationEurovision, the Commonwealth Games and Royal EventsActive listening questions:What imagined community, or imagined communities, do you feel that you belong to?  Are there public events during which you do or could celebrate your belonging to this or these communities? Which ones? Who do you think is excluded from this imagined community and how? And what does this tell us about the symbolic boundaries of this community?Find more about:What EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU think about the monarchy in Elena and Catherine's article in The Sociological Review MagazineThe concept of imagined community in Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities and the critique offered by Partha Chatterjee's The Nation and its FragmentsLaura's sociology of the royal family in her book Running the family firm and the Surviving Society podcast miniseries The Global Power of the British MonarchyOur podcast picks for this episode are:Academic Aunties on “Harry and Meghan”The Allusionist on EurovisionConversations with IRiS on Political DemographyFollow Who do we think we are? on all major podcasting platforms or through their RSS Feed, and follow the podcast on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.Get all the latest updates from the MIGZEN research project on Twitter and Instagram.

What does Eurovision have to do with the Coronation? We're talking about what we learn about ‘Global Britain' and its imagined community from looking at how migrants understand major cultural events. Elena Zambelli explains what social scientists mean when they talk about the imagined community. Laura Clancy, sociologist of the royal family, joins us to talk about the missing voices in conversations about the future of the British monarchy. Co-hosts Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson reflect on what British citizens living abroad, EU citizens and others who have made the UK their homes told them about how they understand Britain and their place within it following Brexit. And consider what hearing from them about the monarchy, the Commonwealth Games and Eurovision makes visible about the new borders of political membership and symbolic boundaries of belonging.  You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website Who do we think we are?   In this episode we cover … 1               The imagined community 2               The monarchy and the myth of the British nation 3               Eurovision, the Commonwealth Games and Royal Events   Active listening questions What imagined community, or imagined communities, do you feel that you belong to?   Are there public events during which you do or could celebrate your belonging to this or these communities? Which ones?  Who do you think is excluded from this imagined community and how? And what does this tell us about the symbolic boundaries of this community?   Find more about …  What EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU think about the monarchy in Elena and Catherine's article in the Sociological Review Magazine   The concept of imagined community in Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities and the critique offered by Partha Chatterjee's The Nation and its Fragments   Laura's sociology of the royal family in her book Running the family firm and the Surviving Society podcast miniseries The Global Power of the British Monarchy   Our podcast picks for this episode are:   Academic Aunties on ‘Harry and Meghan' The Allusionist on Eurovision Coversations with IRiS on Political Demography   Call to action Follow the podcast on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed.  Get all the latest updates from the MIGZEN research project  on Twitter and Instagram Follow Who do we think we are? on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

Too often, talk about security seems to belong to politicians and psychologists; to discussions about terrorism and defence, individual anxiety and insecurity. But how do sociologists think about it? And why care?  Daria Krivonos – who works on migration, race and class in Central and Eastern Europe – tells Alexis and Rosie why security matters. What's the impact of calling migration a “security threat”? How does the security of the privileged rely on the insecurity of the precarious? And, as Russia's war in Ukraine continues, what would it mean to truly #StandwithUkraine – from ensuring better job security for its workers abroad, to cancelling its debt?  Plus: pop culture pointers; from Kae Tempest's “People's Faces” to the movie “The Mauritanian” – and Alexis' teenage passion for Rage Against the Machine.    Guest: Daria Krivonos  Hosts: Rosie Hancock, Alexis Hieu Truong  Executive Producer: Alice Bloch  Sound Engineer: David Crackles  Music: Joe Gardner  Artwork: Erin Aniker    Find more about Uncommon Sense at The Sociological Review.    Episode Resources  Daria, Rosie and Alexis recommended  Kae Tempest's song “People's Faces”  Rage Against the Machine's song “Without a Face”  Kevin Macdonald's movie “The Mauritanian”    From The Sociological Review  “Brexit On ‘Plague Island': Fortifying The UK's Borders In Times Of Crisis” – Michaela Benson and Nando Sigona  “Organised State Abandonment: The meaning of Grenfell” – Brenna Bhandar  “Food Insecurity: Upsetting ‘Apple Carts' in Abstract and Tangible Markets” – Susan Marie Martin    By Daria Krivonos  “The making of gendered ‘migrant workers' in youth activation: The case of young Russian-speakers in Finland”  “Ukrainian farm workers and Finland's regular army of labour”  “Who stands with Ukraine in the long term?”  “Racial capitalism and the production of difference in Helsinki and Warsaw” (forthcoming)    Further readings  “The Death of Asylum” – Alison Mountz  “What was the so-called ‘European Refugee Crisis'?” – Danish Refugee Council  World Food Programme Yemen and Ethiopia statistics  “In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All” – UN Secretary-General  “Ukrainian Workers Flee ‘Modern Slavery' Conditions on UK Farms” – Diane Taylor  “Bordering” – Nira Yuval-Davis, Georgie Wemyss and Kathryn Cassidy  Anthony Giddens' sociological work; including “Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age” 

What does the characterisation of those from Europe's east as migrants by politicians and in some corners of the media make visible about the politics of migration? What is distinctive about the ways in which they are migratised and racialised? And what does this offer to understandings of racism and racialisation? We're joined by Aleks Lewicki (University of Sussex) to discuss how critical race theory and postcolonial scholarship can deepen our understandings of repertoires of racism as these play out between ‘Europeans'. Presenter Michaela Benson explores how borders within Europe shifted over the course of the twentieth century. Podcast researcher George Kalivis goes back in the archive to consider the 2003 EU Accession Treaty. And Aleks introduces us to her work about how those from Europe's east are migratised and why we need to carefully consider what their racialisation makes visible about the distribution of power, past and present, within Europe.  You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website Who do we think we are? In this episode we cover … 1 Unequal Europes and unequal Europeans 2 The 2003 EU accession treaty 3 Capitalism and the formation of European nation-states Quote ‘Postcolonial approaches draw our attention to the longer durée of precarious labour mobility … there were parallel processes of extractivism occurring. Where Europe ventured out as part of colonialism, and positioned the colonies subsequently as peripheries, at the same time, there was also an extraction of resources and cheap labour from Europe's east, which thereby became positioned as a semi periphery. If we consider these longer histories, it becomes apparent what this meant for the region … generation after generation of people had to at some point, move west to make a living and engaged in various forms of precarious labour mobility'. —Aleks Lewicki Find out more about … Aleks' research and her paper on the ambiguous racialisation of ‘Eastern Europeans' If you liked this episode, check out our previous episodes on this topic with Bolaji Balogun and Marius Turda on  European identities, Nando Sigona on EU citizenship, and Manuela Boatcă on citizenship and Global Social Inequalities Call to action Follow the podcast on all major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed.  To find out more about Who do we think we are? On our website, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

At least four people died when their boat sank in the English Channel this week, a route taken by tens of thousands of migrants and refugees trying to reach the U.K. Matt Galloway discusses these perilous journeys and the lack of legal routes for some nationalities, with Nando Sigona, chair of international migration and forced displacement at the University of Birmingham; and Christa Rottensteiner, chief of mission with the International Organization for Migration in the U.K., a United Nations agency.

As people find themselves queueing up at border controls in EU member states, as their passports are stamped, there have been questions about why these things are happening. It's all because of Brexit, and more specifically, the end of free movement between the UK and EU which means that British citizens are no longer EU citizens. But what do you know about EU citizenship is and isn't? In this episode we're joined by Nando Sigona, Professor in International Migration and Forced Displacement at the University of Birmingham, to talk Brexit, EU citizenship and what this makes visible about British citizenship. Michaela's explainer offers a whirlwind tour of EU citizenship from the Maastricht Treaty to Brexit, highlighting its emergence in the context of ambitions for European integration and considering what the loss of EU citizenship means for British citizens and their families. George experiences déjà vu as he uncovers how some politicians and parliamentarians in the UK responded to the idea of EU citizenship when it was mooted in 1992. And Nando helps us unpack what we can learn about citizenship from looking at Brexit as a political transition, its impacts on the lives of EU citizens living in the UK but also considering this in the context of racialised bordering practices, past and present, in the UK and EU. You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on the Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit website. In this episode we cover … The Maastricht Treaty, EU citizenship Freedom of Movement Brexit and EU citizens Quote In a sense Brexit was a laboratory for seeing the redefinition and rewriting of citizenship in action but was not new in itself, actually there is almost an institutional memory of how to do these kind of things in the case of Britain. — Nando Sigona Find out more about … Nando and his work here, follow him on Twitter, read his book Within and beyond citizenship EU families and Eurochildren research Institute for Research into Refugees, International Migration and Superdiversity Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit research This episode's primary source for Back to the Archive Michaela's work Brexit and British citizens in the EU including her paper with Chantelle Lewis Call to action Follow the podcast on major podcasting platforms or through our RSS Feed. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

100 million people around the world are now displaced. War, violence, persecution and rights abuses are some of the main causes. But can this rising trend be reversed? And if so, how? Join host Mohammed Jamjoom. Guests: Shabia Mantoo,  Spokesperson at UN Refugee Agency. Nando Sigona, Professor of International Migration at University of Birmingham and Director of Institute of Research into Superdiversity. Behrouz Boochani, Author and Former Refugee.

Come favorire l'integrazione dei profughi ucraini in Germania? È stato il tema della tavola rotonda tedesca con politici e parti della società civile di cui ci parla Agnese Franceschini. Ma chi arriva via mare sembra dimenticato dall'Europa: ne parliamo con Annalisa Camilli, giornalista esperta di migrazioni. Infine con Nando Sigona, ricercatore in Gran Bretagna, parliamo di Johnson che vuole delocalizzare in Ruanda molte richieste d'asilo. Von Filippo Proietti.

The deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel is fueling tensions between the U.K. and France over how to stop migrants from crossing the world's busiest shipping route in small boats.Despite a pledge from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron that they would “do everything possible” to stop people smugglers from endangering lives, politicians on both sides of the channel are already blaming their counterparts for failing to prevent Wednesday's tragedy.British officials expressed frustration that France has rejected their offer to bolster enforcement along the channel coast by sending British law enforcement officers to conduct joint patrols with French police. But Macron said his country needed “more responsible partners” in the U.K. and the European Union to fight illegal immigration.“We are completely mobilized along our coast,” Macron told reporters during a visit to Croatia. “We are obviously going to maintain this maximum presence … (and) ask for additional mobilization from the British. Because I remind you, when it comes to this, we are holding the border for the British.”Wednesday's tragedy comes amid an increase in the number of migrants trying to cross the channel in inflatable boats and other small craft after the COVID-19 pandemic limited air and ship travel and Britain's departure from the European Union curtailed cooperation with neighboring countries.More than 23,000 people have already entered the U.K. on small boats this year, up from 8,500 last year and just 300 in 2018, according to data compiled by Parliament.In June, the British government agreed to pay 54 million pounds ($72 million) to help France combat people smuggling. U.K. authorities have also proposed joint patrols, but France has repeatedly rejected to offer because of concerns it would undermine French sovereignty.Home Secretary Priti Patel, who oversees the U.K. immigration system, on Thursday told the House of Commons that she had renewed the offer of joint patrols “yet again ... in the last hour.”“The status quo cannot persist,″ Patel said. “I think there's a full understanding of this on the French side.”The tensions are at least partly the result of Britain's departure from the EU, which took effect at the beginning of last year.When it left the bloc, Britain also exited a system that provided for intra-European cooperation on asylum and other migration issues, said Nando Sigona, professor of international migration and forced displacement at the University of Birmingham. At the same time, people smugglers have realized the channel is a lucrative route for migrants and they are stepping up their effort with bigger boats.“The big difference is that in the past when the United Kingdom was part of the European Union, (it) was also part of a system of solidarity and burden-sharing when it comes to dealing with asylum seekers and forced migration," he said. “There was a mechanism in place that would regulate the way that the mobility of asylum seekers is managed within the European Union. Now the border has become a hard border in a sense, and there is not yet in place a new system that is able to manage and govern that kind of mobility.''But British newspapers took aim at France, publishing images of French police watching migrants launch inflatable boats just hours before 27 people, including a pregnant woman and three children, died in the channel.“Shameful,” proclaimed The Sun. “You're letting gangs get away with murder,” said The Daily Mail.“Rather disappointingly, yesterday we saw the French police in footage standing by while boats got together and migrants got in them and they went off the shore in France,” Natalie Elphicke, a lawmaker from the governing Conservative Party, told The Associated Press. “Britain has offered to help with people and resources, and I hope the French will now take up that offer and other European countries will come to France's aid.”Pierre-Hen...

Keynote lecture pt. The dead sea and the politics of mourning in the EU's refugee crisis wygłoszony przez Nando Sigona z Birmingham University podczas Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej "Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy, and Praxis" Stowarzyszenia na rzecz Studiów nad Migracjami Przymusowymi (International Association for the Study of Forced Migration). Wydarzenie odbyło się w dniach 12-15.07.2016 w Poznaniu i było współorganizowane przez Centrum Badań Migracyjnych, Wydział Prawa i Administracji oraz Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej UAM. Konferencje IASFM odbywają się co dwa lata, gromadząc naukowców i praktyków z całego świata. To pierwszy raz, gdy takie wydarzenie odbyło się w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej. Wzięło w nim udział blisko 400 osób, a wśród nich przedstawiciele wiodących ośrodków badających zjawisko migracji przymusowych, kilkudziesięciu uniwersytetów, instytucji rządowych oraz organizacji międzynarodowych, np. Międzynarodowej Organizacji ds. Migracji, Lekarzy bez Granic, Wysokiego Komisarza ds. Uchodźców, Międzynarodowego Komitetu Ratowniczego, Instytutu Polityk Migracyjnych. Podcast opublikowany 26.08.2016 r. na http://antropofon.blogspot.com/2016/08/miedzynarodowa-konferencja-o-migracjach.html

“L'isolamento dei rom nei campi svolge una funzione centrale nel mantenimento e rafforzamento degli stereotipi. Privati della parola e nascosti agli sguardi dei veri cittadini, esistono solo in quanto impersonificazioni degli stereotipi radicati nell'immaginario collettivo.” (Sigona, 2007)Secondo stime non ufficiali la popolazione romanì in Italia ammonta a circa 150 mila persone, rappresentando approssimativamente lo 0,25% della popolazione italiana. Nonostante una lunga storia di convivenza – queste comunità hanno iniziato ad insediarsi in Italia a partire dal XV secolo – rom e sinti vengono considerati diversi anche quando italiani da generazioni. Rappresentano ai nostri occhi una comunità inassimilabile, da marginalizzare oppure educare al nostro modo di vivere, visto come l'unico possibile.In questa puntata cerchiamo di esplorare la relazione tra italiani e rom in compagnia di Nando Sigona, professore all'Università di Birmingham, dove è anche vicedirettore dell'Institute for research into superdiversity. Sigona è ricercatore presso il Centro studi sui rifugiati (Rsc) dell'Università di Oxford e uno dei fondatori di OsservAzione – Ricerca azione per i diritti di rom e sinti. È tra i fondatori della rivista di studi Migration Studies e autore di Figli del ghetto. Gli italiani, i campi nomadi e l'invenzione degli zingari (Nonluoghi 2002).Nell'ultima parte della puntata Francesco Fusaro, musicologo e dj, ci parla della figura del gitano nella musica italiana, dall'opera di Giuseppe Verdi all'esperimento sociale degli Zen Circus, passando per Fabrizio De Andrè e Frankie hi-nrg.Leggi le note dell'episodio su: https://thesubmarine.it/2020/01/13/sconfini-14/

The 22 June marks 70 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks. Fast forward to today, three generations later, the Windrush scandal is a stark reminder of this contested history of settlement, integration and exclusion throwing into question what Britishness really means. In this episode of UNFILTERED, we ask Dr Nando Sigona, Reader in International Migration and Forced Displacement, and Doctoral Researcher April-Louise Pennant, "What does it mean to be British?"

In this second episode of 'UNFILTERED', we invite two of our migration and identity experts to discuss a current topic over a coffee. The 22 June marks 70 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks. Fast forward to today, three generations later, the Windrush scandal is a stark reminder of this contested history of settlement, integration and exclusion throwing into question what Britishness really means.Dr Nando Sigona, Reader in International Migration and Forced Displacement, and Doctoral Researcher April-Louise Pennant discuss, "What does it mean to be British?"For more content on this episode visithttps://www.birmingham.ac.uk/unfiltered2

This episode is the first of three recorded at our recent event From Mobile Citizens to Migrants. The event sought to relocate the discussions around citizens’ rights and what Brexit means for UK citizens living in the EU27, and EU migrants living in the UK back into the politics of migration and citizenship, migration governance and policy. In this first intervention, the panelists—Aliyyah Ahad, Michaela Benson, Nadine El-Enany, Omar Khan and Nando Sigona—talk through the distinction between mobile citizens and migrants, and what this means for the question who is a migrant?

In this episode, Michaela invites Dr. Nando Sigona onto the podcast to talk about the issues that Brexit raises for EU27 citizens and their families living in the United Kingdom. As he highlights, beyond the headlines about citizens rights and the legal status of these families, Brexit marks changes to the politics of belonging that are deeply felt. Just as for the British nationals living and working in the EU27, the loss of European identity is a source of grieve and bereavement, and the uncertainties about what Brexit will mean for their futures. Nando is the project lead for EU families and Eurochildren in Brexiting Britain. You can find out more about the project here: http://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexitresearch/eu-families-and-eurochildren-in-brexiting-britain/  

Hello and welcome to the first podcast from the MOAS, the Migrant Offshore Aid Station. This podcast is here to bring you fortnightly updates on the MOAS mission and tell you about the technologies and equipment we use. We’ll also be interviewing experts to discuss wider forced migration issues and most of importantly share with you the stories and experiences of the people we rescue at sea. We spoke with Dr Nando Sigona, an expert who has been contributing to an international project focused on Mediterranean migration. MEDMIG published its findings in November 2016. What it reveals are the interesting journeys, experiences and timeframes connected with migrants and refugees who make their way to European shores. You can read a transcript of the interview on our website: https://www.moas.eu/moas-podcast-1-nando-sigona-migrant-journeys/ Made with the help of an EVS volunteer http://europa.eu/youth/volunteering/organisation/925407937_en @EUPAMALTA @EUPA1 #MOAS #migrant #offshore #aid #station #Podcast #episode #interview #nando #sigona #MEDMIG #mediterranean #central #eastern #journeys #refugee #libya #turkey #italy #boat #regular #irregular #route #charity

In the aftermath of the EU referendum in the UK, in which the British population voted to leave, we discuss the prominence of immigration in the debate with Robert Ford, Professor in Political Science at the University of Manchester, and Kenan Malik, writer, lecturer and broadcaster. We also talk to Nando Sigona, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, about the situation for unaccompanied migrant children arriving in Euro

Seminar given on 19 November 2014 by Dr Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Professor Roger Zetter (Refugee Studies Centre), part of the RSC Michaelmas term 2014 Public Seminar Series. Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality of life for those involved. Sans Papiers, co-authored by Alice Bloch, Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter, combines a contemporary account of the theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK from Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, Ukraine and Turkish Kurdistan. Built around their voices, the book provides a unique understanding of migratory processes, gendered experiences and migrant aspirations. In this talk, Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter draw on their book to explore the ambiguities and contradictions of being an undocumented migrant, providing insights into personal experiences alongside analysis of wider policy issues. Find out more about the book here: bit.ly/sans-papiers-undocumented

Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. Drawing on ethnographic research in Italian refugee/nomad camps where forcibly displaced Roma from former Yugoslavia were sheltered, this talk reflects on the spatial dimension of social relations and the social construction of spaces in camps and camp-like institutions. It argues that Agamben conceptualisation of the camp as a space of exception fails to grasp the complexity of social relations in camps. Focusing on the resources, entitlements, and rights of camp residents and their interactions with the state apparatus, the paper explores what Nando Sigona term the comfort of exceptionality, and proposes the concept of campzenship to capture the specific form of citizenship produced in/by the camp, and the legacy of the camp on former inhabitants.

Oxford-based researcher Nando Sigona started his blog "Postcards from..." in 2008. Since then his use of social media has expanded into Twitter and Podcasting to engage wider communities in his research on migration, asylum and minority issues. Nando presents on what he does and why it works.

Oxford-based researcher Nando Sigona started his blog "Postcards from..." in 2008. Since then his use of social media has expanded into Twitter and Podcasting to engage wider communities in his research on migration, asylum and minority issues. Nando presents on what he does and why it works.

This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's first Wednesday Public Seminar of Michaelmas Term 2011. This podcast was recorded at the Refugee Studies Centre's first Wednesday Public Seminar of Michaelmas Term 2011, which was on Wednesday 12th October 2011 at the Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Dr Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Dr Nando Sigona, spoke on the subject of 'Stateless diasporas and immigration and citizenship regimes in the EU'.

Professor David Coleman, Dr George Leeson and Dr Nando Sigona discuss the global issues relating to the world's rising population at the Alumni Weekend Conference 2011.

Professor David Coleman, Dr George Leeson and Dr Nando Sigona discuss the global issues relating to the world's rising population at the Alumni Weekend Conference 2011.