Thrilled to announce a Call for Abstracts in @WorldLeisureJ for our #interdisciplinary Special Issue “Of Borders, Borderlands, and Crossings: The Poetics and Politics of Leisure at/from the Edge(s)". Abstracts due April 30th. lnkd.in/gsByfcPa @nicolademarti12

Very excited to share my first publication. @LouMansfield101 @DrNeilStephens @brunelchwl Elicitation using kit bag methods: Exploring embodied practice with female boxers - Elaine de Vos, Louise Mansfield, Neil Stephens, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

Shameful details that police & Mears evacuated staff, not residents & then, after attack, moved them to a bus on hard shoulder overnight. This would never be contemplated in other emergency relocations eg floods, when emergency shelters spring up. The 'asylum market' is violence.

📌November: the first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children. On behalf of the 1 billion children impacted by violence, we call on world leaders to join & pledge actions to keep kids safe. globalgoals.org/endchildviol… #InOurHands #EveryChildProtected

I wrote a book review of Menstruation in Nepal, which is now out on the 'Women's Reproductive Health' Journal, Taylor and Francis Group. Here's the link for anyone who wishes to read : tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @kaystanding @SaraParkerDidi @GlobalSouthDM @BrunelSouthAsia

Number of UK asylum seekers who died in Home Office care doubles in a year. Force people into warehouses, without the right to work, on less than subsistence income, without a route out, this is the inevitable consequence. Cruelty constructed by design theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…

Manizha Talash was disqualified by the IOC for showing a cape that reads "FREE AFGHAN WOMEN". She's on the EOR (Refugee Olympic Team) because the Taliban regime decimated women's sport - but she can't say that. #Paris2024 #Olympics apnews.com/article/breaking-…

Cindy has made history!🥉 Cindy Ngamba is the first refugee medallist in Olympic history. Well done Cindy - you are an inspiration! #Olympics #Paris2024

RT @migrantsorg: 🚨BREAKING: 137 groups across the UK have written to @ukhomeoffice @YvetteCooperMP calling for an IMMEDIATE suspension of i…

Community solidarity is the only way to beat hate and division. Last night, we showed up in our 1000s to resist the far right, from London to Liverpool. We're inspired by the beautiful show of solidarity. We'll never stop fighting to resist racism and attacks on our neighbours

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy.

After far-right firebomb attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers in 2022, MPs were explicitly warned against publicly naming hotels. Dangerously irresponsible that this practice has continued, putting lives at risk. It must end.

Here’s just a few examples of Daily Mail headlines that have fanned the flames of hate and normalised Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric #GMB

Here's how to counteract the hate and show your support and solidarity for asylum seekers in the UK By me and @GregBarradale – with help from @MigrantVoiceUK @FreefromTorture @RefugeesAtHome @AntiRacismDay @AmnestyUK @4refugeewomen @hopenothate bigissue.com/news/activism/h…

This isn't about one man....it is about the impact this one man has on the wider picture of child sexual abuse around the world. Van de velde lessens the seriousness of abuse. I believe his participation must stop before MORE children are violated by abusers believing they deserve privileges because of how this story has been played out by the Dutch team.

Today, we're at the High Court for the first day of the legal case against the use of RAF Wethersfield as asylum accommodation. We've conducted medical assessments of people held at the site & witnessed first-hand the harm caused since it opened over a year ago. 🧵 (1/5)

Well done to @nicolademarti12 for your enduring work and the publishing of your long awaited book! Especially interested in how community activities, in this case music, facilitate explorations of place, belonging and uncertainty. Looking forward to reading it!