In our research for Migrants and Solidarities on ‘Dispersal and deservingness in Northern England’, Mette Louise Berg and I have been working collaboratively with a team of co-researchers who have lived experience of the asylum system. Early on in our group...
Siden COVID-19 rullede ind over Danmark i marts 2020, har der været en række lokale opblomstringer af smitten. I sommeren 2020 var det blandt dansk-somaliere i Aarhus, og i september viste tal fra Statens Serum Institut, at hele 46% af de smittede i en række...
As I write these lines, the West’s evacuation in Afghanistan has ended while tens of thousands of Afghans are fleeing the country, and the central discussion within the European Union is how to avoid them reaching the shores of Europe. For Europe and Sweden, these...
When I first started telling colleagues and friends about Migrants and Solidarities: Negotiating deservingness in welfare micropublics (Solidarities), I was often greeted with the response: “Great project, but what on earth do you mean by welfare micropublics?” The...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention; with the 1967 Protocol, the Convention continues to be the bedrock of the international refugee system. The core principle of the Convention is non-refoulement, meaning that a refugee should not be...
Embarrassing! “refugee policy”Bullshit! and brown statisticsEmbarrassing! and ignorantThey bluff and lie until the lie becomes true Embarrassing! your whole policy isBullshit! and brown rhetoricEmbarrassing! if we surrenderWhen new fascism becomes...
