Hello, I am looking for critical early career scholars interested in the interlinkages between smart urbanism and structural violence in the Global South - for a workshop. DM me or comment here if you know anyone or you are one.

The “Safety of Rwanda” bill was passed by the UK Parliament: both UN Human Rights and UNHCR are very concerned by this decision, which breaches refugee law and won’t help address the challenges of irregular population movements.

Read our joint statement:
unhcr.org/news/press-rel…

How cool is this #job ? Come research migrant #rights mobilisation with Africa’s premier #migration research centre! Spread the word.

Working on informality? Send an abstract to the 'New Frontiers of Urban Informality Research' workshop taking place in Sheffield from 12-13 September, organised by Martina Manara,
Alice Sverdlik
, and Graeme Young.

Nature's #graffiti in Fish Hoek, Cape Town

Refugees fleeing persecution at home will arrive in the UK.
They will be imprisoned & forced to board a plane to Rwanda.
They will arrive in an authoritarian state where they have no connections.
All to win a few votes for a widely despised government: mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

📢Call for Book Review Editor 📢

We are looking for:
✅PhD holders affiliated with a postsecondary institution
✅an interest in forced migration

⏰Deadline for applications: May 30, 2024

🔗Apply here: refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refu…

timeless

I see trouble - and further erosion of migrant and refugee rights - ahead in South Africa. This statement is a polite criticism of what in my view is a fundamentally flawed policy and process.
The rushed timing of the approval smacks of pre-election populist pandering.

Malkerns 🇸🇿
Vereeniging 🇿🇦
Johannesburg 🇿🇦
Chisamba 🇿🇲
Lidgetton 🇿🇦
Pietermaritzburg 🇿🇦
Grahamstown 🇿🇦
Cambridge 🇬🇧
Cape Town 🇿🇦
Kingston 🇨🇦
London 🇨🇦
Ottawa 🇨🇦
And a few other places for under 6 months in between.

Racist and right-wing politicians throughout Europe will be delighted that UNHCR is reinforcing their 'refugee invasion' rhetoric with this awful graphic.
Please delete it!

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It is the day.... but we shall give you an extra day. Abstract submissions for AfricanStudiesUK will close tomorrow midnight Lagos & London time.
Select the stream that fits your topic, and submit here:
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/5406/su…

A Canadian humanitarian organization says its primary water aid truck was bombed in Gaza and is calling on the federal government to mount a full investigation into what it believes was a 'targeted' incident. cbc.ca/news/canada/to….

NEXT WEEK In our April CERC Migration Scholars of Excellence Workshop, panels examine how the provision of local migrant services gives rise to migrant “integration business'. Co-convened by Nina Glick Schiller and Anna Triandafyllidou. Apr. 23, 9:30 AM EDT 🔗 torontomu.ca/cerc-migration…

“before her administration asked the New York police dept to storm campus and arrest students, Minouche Shafik, Columbia University president, testified before Congress, saying she wanted her university to be a safe, welcoming environment for everyone” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In South Africa, campus anti-apartheid protests mobilized a generation of young people. #ColumbiaUniversity admin has shot itself in the foot.

Call for contributions in English or Portuguese to a special issue of Práticas da História: (Digital) Retrospectives on Historiography from Africa: Decolonization, the African press, and the uses of knowledge. Deadline 30 April, details in the link.
praticasdahistoria.pt/digital-retros…