What happens when borders cross families? How do families navigate these interruptions to their ability to live together? This... more

We’re out and about in this episode! Ala and Michaela have been on the road. And in this episode they... more

Borders around the world are becoming increasingly digitised. But who does the digitisation of borders serve? How are these... more

What role do diplomacy and the power play between states play in the development of migration policy? And how... more

What’s changed in the UK’s approach to migration since Brexit? How has this impacted on migration flows? Who... more

Understandings of migration are invariably reduced to immigration, framed by the policy agenda of receiving states. But what about... more

This bonus episode features the full length recording of Elspeth Guild, legal scholar and counsel and our guest in Season 3... more

 We’re talking Freedom of Movement, its role in the formation of an EU–wide imagined community, and the experiences of... more

What does Eurovision have to do with the Coronation? We’re talking about what we learn about ‘Global Britain’ and... more

Too often, talk about security seems to belong to politicians and psychologists; to discussions about terrorism and defence, individual... more

Here’s a little season end bonus, where our presenter, Michaela Benson and podcast researcher, George Kalivis go behind the... more

For the final episode of Season 2, we bring you a set of conversations about what Who do we... more

What does the characterisation of those from Europe’s east as migrants by politicians and in some corners of the media make... more

There is nothing politically neutral about classifying and categorising people as migrants. This is a process through which certain individuals... more

All eyes have been on Qatar because of the World Cup. And with it, attention to the poor working conditions... more

Who is unquestionably European? From Brexit to the war in Ukraine, this question has come to the fore as people... more

In July 2022 the news broke that Sir Mo Farah, four times Olympian for Team GB, had been trafficked to... more

Who do we think we are? In the early 2000s, with the beginning of the New Labour government, journalist Yasmin... more

For many people, migration is about escaping persecution and state violence. But in the context increasingly criminalisation of migration, state... more

As people find themselves queueing up at border controls in EU member states, as their passports are stamped, there have... more

With a new UK cabinet comes a new Home Secretary, Suella Braverman MP former Attorney General. While there has been... more

You start a relationship with someone living abroad. As the relationship gets serious, you decide to take the next steps... more

Over the past few years, international media has been full of reports of protest among them the global Black Lives... more

In June 2022, the headlines in the UK were full of news about the Rwanda plan. As an ECHR ruling... more

For our first episode swap, we’ve partnered up with Surviving Society, the antiracist podcast that explores the local and global... more

In May 2012 Home Secretary Theresa May vowed to create ‘a really hostile environment for illegal migrants’, heralding in a... more

Commonplace understandings of citizenship equate it with equality – at least among those holding the same citizenship. But looking the... more

Mass shooting in the US have been headlines news over the past month. The pattern? White gunmen opening fire in... more

What is the UK’s Nationality and Borders Act? How does it relate to previous acts concerned with nationality and immigration... more

Countries around the world have been quick to crow about the provisions they are putting in place to welcome those... more

What rights to citizenship do those from Britain’s 14 remaining overseas territories? What about those who through no fault... more

Did you know that until 2014 that some of those born overseas to unmarried British citizen fathers were not eligible... more

Did you know that British citizenship can be cancelled or removed? And that when the Nationality and Borders Bill passes... more

Should the ability to speak English be a precondition for access to rights and belonging in Britain today? What is... more

  When National Security Law was imposed in Hong Kong SAR in 2020, the UK government responded by opening up a bespoke visa scheme to facilitate... more

What do you know about the UK’s citizenship test? What do you think it tests for and how? What do... more

What do we think citizenship is? When you think of citizenship you probably think of it as progressive, as giving rights... more

How did changes in the UK's immigrations laws in the 1960s and 1970s set the stage for the Windrush deportation... more

Recorded live at the virtual launch event hosted by the Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities, Lancaster University, 21 October 2021,... more

Why do changes in Britain's immigration laws matter for making sense of citizenship today? What is the relationship of these... more