Mariam Malik
@mariammalik.bsky.social
healthcare worker. Human geography phd student on precarious migrant mothers/ early childhood as a site of radical possibility
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The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners.
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The narrative about London crime is truly so BORING to Londoners.
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
Those of us who walk & travel around our city safely every day, every night.
The likeliest daily risk to Londoners is of being ripped off by our landlord or somewhere charging us £4.50 for a coffee. #r4today
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Today we published a report on public understanding & attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK.
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in the UK - I-CLAIM
This report summarises findings from the February 2025 I-CLAIM survey of 1,147 UK adults, exploring public knowledge of irregular migration, how people define it, and their attitudes toward irregular ...
i-claim.eu
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today we published a report on public understanding & attitudes to #irregularmigration in the UK.
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
this is my a one-line summary:
strong opinions, wrong facts.
But there is so much more to it. Ultimately the picture is much more nuanced and complex...
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
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"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
UK Government slammed for 'ignoring' migrants in child poverty plans
A CHARITY has slammed the UK Government for “ignoring” migrant children in its plan to tackle poverty.
gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...
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Something i didn't have time to say is: the standard liberal neurodiversity response of *actually theyre underdiagnosed, the increase is just us getting better at recognising neurodivergence, etc.* is a dead end here as it precisely depoliticises the issue and reifies and essentialises diagnosis.
A talk I gave earlier this year has, unfortunately, become relevant again this week so I've published it here.
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
The Fascist Echo in Labour's "Over-diagnosis" Inquiry
Why Wes Steeting's new inquiry is about more than just renewed austerity
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Something i didn't have time to say is: the standard liberal neurodiversity response of *actually theyre underdiagnosed, the increase is just us getting better at recognising neurodivergence, etc.* is a dead end here as it precisely depoliticises the issue and reifies and essentialises diagnosis.
This bbc question time on immigration is such a painful watch, I can’t. Thank God for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This bbc question time on immigration is such a painful watch, I can’t. Thank God for @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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These nurses have given years of service to the NHS; have worked tirelessly through nights, holidays, and crises; and have often put their own well-being aside to care for others.
Yet with draconian immigration rules they are told they no longer belong here ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yet with draconian immigration rules they are told they no longer belong here ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
These nurses have given years of service to the NHS; have worked tirelessly through nights, holidays, and crises; and have often put their own well-being aside to care for others.
Yet with draconian immigration rules they are told they no longer belong here ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yet with draconian immigration rules they are told they no longer belong here ⬇️
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Oh no. Heartbreaking news. Alice was such a light in the world.
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Oh no. Heartbreaking news. Alice was such a light in the world.
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You’ve got £9.95 to last you the whole week… what’s your plan?
This impossible choice is played out in asylum hotels. Whilst people await a decision on their claim, they are banned from working & receive just £9.95 for clothes, travel, data & more.
This is not luxury. This is a hellish limbo.
🧵
This impossible choice is played out in asylum hotels. Whilst people await a decision on their claim, they are banned from working & receive just £9.95 for clothes, travel, data & more.
This is not luxury. This is a hellish limbo.
🧵
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You’ve got £9.95 to last you the whole week… what’s your plan?
This impossible choice is played out in asylum hotels. Whilst people await a decision on their claim, they are banned from working & receive just £9.95 for clothes, travel, data & more.
This is not luxury. This is a hellish limbo.
🧵
This impossible choice is played out in asylum hotels. Whilst people await a decision on their claim, they are banned from working & receive just £9.95 for clothes, travel, data & more.
This is not luxury. This is a hellish limbo.
🧵
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We welcome the Govt.'s announcement of a much-needed £84 million cash boost to support families this winter, particularly those in temporary accommodation.
To tackle homelessness, they must also look at the drivers of it - including their own immigration policies.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
To tackle homelessness, they must also look at the drivers of it - including their own immigration policies.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Labour pledges millions to help kids in temporary accommodation
Labour announced an £84 million cash injection to prevent homelessness and support homeless families over the winter on World Homeless Day.
www.bigissue.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We welcome the Govt.'s announcement of a much-needed £84 million cash boost to support families this winter, particularly those in temporary accommodation.
To tackle homelessness, they must also look at the drivers of it - including their own immigration policies.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
To tackle homelessness, they must also look at the drivers of it - including their own immigration policies.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
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✨Urban Childhoods: Growing up in Inequality and Hope. Our child health team have contributed to a new publication that compiles research on housing, play and food to consider what creates the best start for children growing up in England’s inner-city areas uclpress.co.uk/book/urban-c...
Urban Childhoods
Urban Childhoods puts children’s and families’ voices centre stage while investigating ways of bringing children’s wellbeing to the fore in planning for urban life. The book explores themes that start...
uclpress.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
✨Urban Childhoods: Growing up in Inequality and Hope. Our child health team have contributed to a new publication that compiles research on housing, play and food to consider what creates the best start for children growing up in England’s inner-city areas uclpress.co.uk/book/urban-c...
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Just dropped! Episode two of Between Borders podcast where we explore what reproductive justice means in the context of precarious migration. With @mariammalik.bsky.social @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social and Julia Fernandez Molina podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Episode Two: Reproductive Justice
Podcast Episode · Between Borders · 15/09/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just dropped! Episode two of Between Borders podcast where we explore what reproductive justice means in the context of precarious migration. With @mariammalik.bsky.social @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social and Julia Fernandez Molina podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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Uche, care worker & Praxis campaigner, chats to @theguardian.com about the govt.'s plans to make more people wait longer and pay more in visa fees for settlement.
"People say migrants take but we have no recourse to public funds. We are paying for things twice.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"People say migrants take but we have no recourse to public funds. We are paying for things twice.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Paying twice’: workers face NHS bills of thousands in immigration crackdown
Campaigners fear plans to make people wait longer for leave to remain could cost tax-paying skilled workers dearly
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Uche, care worker & Praxis campaigner, chats to @theguardian.com about the govt.'s plans to make more people wait longer and pay more in visa fees for settlement.
"People say migrants take but we have no recourse to public funds. We are paying for things twice.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"People say migrants take but we have no recourse to public funds. We are paying for things twice.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🎙️ Exciting news—we’ve just launched a new mini podcast series, Between Borders!
Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Episode One: Friendly Spaces
Podcast Episode · Between Borders · 08/09/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🎙️ Exciting news—we’ve just launched a new mini podcast series, Between Borders!
Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Across three episodes, we dive into the challenges of precarious migration and the difficulties of researching it. Available on all good platforms, listen to our first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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And These Walls Must Fall, our lived-experience-led campaigners, issued the following statement in response to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route.
"Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege"
#RefugeesWelcome
righttoremain.org.uk/family-reuni...
"Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege"
#RefugeesWelcome
righttoremain.org.uk/family-reuni...
Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege: These Walls Must Fall statement
These Walls Must Fall, our lived-experience-led campaigners, issued the following statement in response to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route.
righttoremain.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
And These Walls Must Fall, our lived-experience-led campaigners, issued the following statement in response to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route.
"Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege"
#RefugeesWelcome
righttoremain.org.uk/family-reuni...
"Family Reunion is a Right, Not a Privilege"
#RefugeesWelcome
righttoremain.org.uk/family-reuni...
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🚨 Today we launched a joint briefing with Gingerbread, @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @z2ktrust.bsky.social @praxisprojects.bsky.social and others on how child poverty affects different groups & the inclusive govt actions needed to tackle it. Link below ⬇️
bit.ly/47RgwvM
bit.ly/47RgwvM
Joint briefing: Ensuring the Child Poverty Strategy delivers for all children | Gingerbread
bit.ly
September 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨 Today we launched a joint briefing with Gingerbread, @runnymedetrust.bsky.social @z2ktrust.bsky.social @praxisprojects.bsky.social and others on how child poverty affects different groups & the inclusive govt actions needed to tackle it. Link below ⬇️
bit.ly/47RgwvM
bit.ly/47RgwvM
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❓Did you know that hundreds of thousands of people are forced to wait over 10 years for the right to permanently settle in the place they already call home?
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
❓Did you know that hundreds of thousands of people are forced to wait over 10 years for the right to permanently settle in the place they already call home?
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
And it’s about to get worse. 🧵
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The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children's rights aren't meant for the colonized.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
#Palestine #Israel
Every child is precious unless that child is Palestinian
The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children’s rights aren’t meant for the colonized.
mondoweiss.net
July 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children's rights aren't meant for the colonized.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...
#Palestine #Israel
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"Shockingly, 46% of migrant children live in poverty, nearly double the rate for other children. Yet despite this, the NRPF policy remains largely absent from conversations on poverty and inequality. This silence must end."
👉Read Olivia's powerful piece here www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
👉Read Olivia's powerful piece here www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Olivia Blake: ‘Migrant children living in poverty is a hidden crisis’ - Politics.co.uk
As MPs gather in Westminster for today’s spending review, I will be holding a debate on child poverty and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). The discussion could not be more urgent. The debate comes ...
www.politics.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Shockingly, 46% of migrant children live in poverty, nearly double the rate for other children. Yet despite this, the NRPF policy remains largely absent from conversations on poverty and inequality. This silence must end."
👉Read Olivia's powerful piece here www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
👉Read Olivia's powerful piece here www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
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Geography matters. Technofixes won’t change poverty or environmental pollution, both of which are far bigger factors in health outcomes.
The BBC & Telegraph are trailing Wes Streeting’s technophile health plans, including genomic mapping at birth.
Is this really gonna transform the NHS into a prevention service within 10 yrs, as Wes claims? For v rare genetic conditions, praps. But for the real burden of disease?
Thoughts, #medsky?
Is this really gonna transform the NHS into a prevention service within 10 yrs, as Wes claims? For v rare genetic conditions, praps. But for the real burden of disease?
Thoughts, #medsky?
June 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Geography matters. Technofixes won’t change poverty or environmental pollution, both of which are far bigger factors in health outcomes.
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Re-posting, in light of Casey report
Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work:
'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'
- now available online!
Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9
Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'
- now available online!
Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9
Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇
Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety
"Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety" published on 24 Feb 2025 by Policy Press.
shorturl.at
June 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Re-posting, in light of Casey report
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Absolutely vital read on the thousands of children trapped in poverty by migration rules. If the Government is serious about ending child poverty, it cannot abandon hundreds of thousands of children because of what's on their parents' passports.
Olivia Blake: ‘Migrant children living in poverty is a hidden crisis’ - Politics.co.uk
As MPs gather in Westminster for today’s spending review, I will be holding a debate on child poverty and No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). The discussion could not be more urgent. The debate comes…
www.politics.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Absolutely vital read on the thousands of children trapped in poverty by migration rules. If the Government is serious about ending child poverty, it cannot abandon hundreds of thousands of children because of what's on their parents' passports.
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New paper out today by @laurajpottinger.bsky.social and me, making the case for more curious, diverse and heterodox economic geographies- and suggestions for how we can do this!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
‘Male, Pale and Stale’? For More Curious, Diverse and Heterodox Economic Geographies
With this paper we directly address critiques made of mainstream, self-defined Economic Geography as a ‘male, pale and stale’ subdiscipline, proposing that more constructive conversations require ope....
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
New paper out today by @laurajpottinger.bsky.social and me, making the case for more curious, diverse and heterodox economic geographies- and suggestions for how we can do this!
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Social Workers Union and @basw-uk.bsky.social have published a joint statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank.
Read it in full 🔗 swu-union.org.uk/2025/05/basw...
@scotssocialwork.bsky.social @baswni.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
Read it in full 🔗 swu-union.org.uk/2025/05/basw...
@scotssocialwork.bsky.social @baswni.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank - SWU Social Workers Union
BASW and SWU jointly call for the immediate lifting of the blockade on Gaza by the Israeli government and the full, safe passage of humanitarian aid by international humanitarian organisations.
swu-union.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Social Workers Union and @basw-uk.bsky.social have published a joint statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank.
Read it in full 🔗 swu-union.org.uk/2025/05/basw...
@scotssocialwork.bsky.social @baswni.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
Read it in full 🔗 swu-union.org.uk/2025/05/basw...
@scotssocialwork.bsky.social @baswni.bsky.social @baswcymru.bsky.social
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Brilliant piece by the wonderful Nish @praxisprojects.bsky.social on her experience of being a victim of trafficking and the ongoing trauma of being on the 10-year route to settlement. This is who Labour needs to be listening to and speaking to, not Reform.
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Waiting a decade in limbo for permanent UK residency is not immigration policy - It is a prison sentence
I have been living and working in the UK for more than a decade.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Brilliant piece by the wonderful Nish @praxisprojects.bsky.social on her experience of being a victim of trafficking and the ongoing trauma of being on the 10-year route to settlement. This is who Labour needs to be listening to and speaking to, not Reform.
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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1/THREAD:
The genocide in Gaza isn’t just airstrikes and rubble.
It’s a girl getting her period with no bathroom.
A mother miscarrying on a cold floor.
A woman giving birth under drones.
This is the war where the female body lost its rights. 🧵
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
The genocide in Gaza isn’t just airstrikes and rubble.
It’s a girl getting her period with no bathroom.
A mother miscarrying on a cold floor.
A woman giving birth under drones.
This is the war where the female body lost its rights. 🧵
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
The war where women’s bodies lost their rights
The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or givin...
mondoweiss.net
May 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
1/THREAD:
The genocide in Gaza isn’t just airstrikes and rubble.
It’s a girl getting her period with no bathroom.
A mother miscarrying on a cold floor.
A woman giving birth under drones.
This is the war where the female body lost its rights. 🧵
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
The genocide in Gaza isn’t just airstrikes and rubble.
It’s a girl getting her period with no bathroom.
A mother miscarrying on a cold floor.
A woman giving birth under drones.
This is the war where the female body lost its rights. 🧵
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...