New project: Colonialism and the anti-immigration campaigns of the British far-right

In January 2027 I will be starting a new 30 month project. The 2025 asylum hotel protests across the UK showed that the far-right can mobilise active support via their online networks at short notice. This reflects work that far-right groups have been doing to harness discontent since Brexit, especially in communities where asylum-seeker hotels…

New project: The Business of Bordering

In October 2026 I will be starting a new project, funded by the ESRC. This project, supported by a £713,000 grant, focuses on the border security economy. That is, the wide range of companies, contracted directly or indirectly by governments, to contribute to border control. This includes the provision of technologies such as IT platforms,…

Parliamentary launch of the Channel Crossings Final Report

In October we had the last event of the Channel Crossings project, the launch of our final report in parliament. Channel Crossings has been a 3 year ESRC funded investigation into the UK response to small boat Channel crossings. We have analysed 345 policy and political texts, interviewed politicians and policymakers, done policy time-lining going…

Are humanitarian visas the answer to finally solving small boat Channel crossings?

I was asked to speak to this question at a recent event organised by Patricia Nabuco-Martuscelli, and here’s how I answered.  The UK’s preferred mode of refugee reception has always been to offer safe passage and settlement to particular nationalities during particular conflicts on a case by case basis. These have usually been short term schemes -think of…

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