For many Pakistani families, reaching Europe represents hope. For others, the journey ends in tragedy. Dr. Intikhab Ulfat explores the desperation, deception and human cost behind dangerous migration routes. 🌊
www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Oct-2026/...
#Pakistan #IrregularMigration #HumanTrafficking
www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Oct-2026/...
#Pakistan #IrregularMigration #HumanTrafficking
Dunki, Euros And Drowned Dreams
Pakistan’s youth are risking their lives on dangerous journeys to Europe as unemployment, economic insecurity and social pressures fuel irregular migration,
www.thefridaytimes.com
October 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
For many Pakistani families, reaching Europe represents hope. For others, the journey ends in tragedy. Dr. Intikhab Ulfat explores the desperation, deception and human cost behind dangerous migration routes. 🌊
www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Oct-2026/...
#Pakistan #IrregularMigration #HumanTrafficking
www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Oct-2026/...
#Pakistan #IrregularMigration #HumanTrafficking
EU ministers weigh tougher emergency powers on irregular migration at external borders
#Akerix #AI #IrregularMigration #ExternalBorders
https://akerix.com/article/eu-irregular-migration-policies?5w=1
#Akerix #AI #IrregularMigration #ExternalBorders
https://akerix.com/article/eu-irregular-migration-policies?5w=1
October 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
EU ministers weigh tougher emergency powers on irregular migration at external borders
#Akerix #AI #IrregularMigration #ExternalBorders
https://akerix.com/article/eu-irregular-migration-policies?5w=1
#Akerix #AI #IrregularMigration #ExternalBorders
https://akerix.com/article/eu-irregular-migration-policies?5w=1
Austria extends border controls to curb irregular migration #Austria #bordercontrols #irregularmigration
Austria extends border controls to curb irregular migration
Austria will extend controls in its border areas with the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia for six months, ORF reported. The government said the measures aim to combat people-smuggling gangs and further curb irregular migration. The focus will be on broad, flexible security measures…
www.dailyalpine.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Austria extends border controls to curb irregular migration #Austria #bordercontrols #irregularmigration
Lithuanian border guards detain three migrants travelling toward Germany #irregularmigration #latvia #lithuania
Lithuanian border guards detain three migrants travelling toward Germany
Border guards detained three irregular migrants at Vilnius Airport and in Pasvalys district in a single day as they tried to reach Germany, LRT reported, citing the State Border Guard Service (VSAT). The three men, one Pakistani and two Algerian citizens, will be returned to Latvia, where they ha…
www.dailybaltic.com
August 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Lithuanian border guards detain three migrants travelling toward Germany #irregularmigration #latvia #lithuania
Lithuania turns back 15 irregular migrants at Belarus border #Belarusborder #irregularmigration #lithuania
Lithuania turns back 15 irregular migrants at Belarus border
Lithuania turned back 15 irregular migrants at its border with Belarus over the past 24 hours, LRT reported on Friday, citing the State Border Guard Service. Latvian border guards turned back 109 migrants on Thursday, while Poland recorded no attempts to enter the country illegally at its border …
www.dailybaltic.com
August 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Lithuania turns back 15 irregular migrants at Belarus border #Belarusborder #irregularmigration #lithuania
This Thursday, I’ll be giving a lecture at Ca’ Foscari University and Polis Social Hub in Venice: Irregular Migration in Practice
If you're in Venice and interested, feel free to join!
#Migration #IrregularMigration #Research #CaFoscari #PolisSocialHub @iclaimeu.bsky.social
If you're in Venice and interested, feel free to join!
#Migration #IrregularMigration #Research #CaFoscari #PolisSocialHub @iclaimeu.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This Thursday, I’ll be giving a lecture at Ca’ Foscari University and Polis Social Hub in Venice: Irregular Migration in Practice
If you're in Venice and interested, feel free to join!
#Migration #IrregularMigration #Research #CaFoscari #PolisSocialHub @iclaimeu.bsky.social
If you're in Venice and interested, feel free to join!
#Migration #IrregularMigration #Research #CaFoscari #PolisSocialHub @iclaimeu.bsky.social
This testimonial highlights the tragic consequences of irregular migration, where even today, the bodies of many lost migrants remain missing. It calls for urgent awareness to prevent such heartbreaking outcomes and promote safe, legal migration pathways.
#IrregularMigration
@danishmfa.bsky.social
#IrregularMigration
@danishmfa.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This testimonial highlights the tragic consequences of irregular migration, where even today, the bodies of many lost migrants remain missing. It calls for urgent awareness to prevent such heartbreaking outcomes and promote safe, legal migration pathways.
#IrregularMigration
@danishmfa.bsky.social
#IrregularMigration
@danishmfa.bsky.social
Fourth session from Sialkot—youth in focus again!
At Government Postgraduate College, Pasroor, SSDO, IOM Pakistan, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark engaged students in an informative session on the risks of irregular migration and human trafficking.
#awareness #irregularmigration
At Government Postgraduate College, Pasroor, SSDO, IOM Pakistan, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark engaged students in an informative session on the risks of irregular migration and human trafficking.
#awareness #irregularmigration
June 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Fourth session from Sialkot—youth in focus again!
At Government Postgraduate College, Pasroor, SSDO, IOM Pakistan, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark engaged students in an informative session on the risks of irregular migration and human trafficking.
#awareness #irregularmigration
At Government Postgraduate College, Pasroor, SSDO, IOM Pakistan, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark engaged students in an informative session on the risks of irregular migration and human trafficking.
#awareness #irregularmigration
SSDO Press Conference in Lahore Calls for Urgent Reforms to Combat Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration Following Greece Boat Tragedy.
#YouthMigration #GlobalOpportunities #MigrationAmbassadors #SSDO #YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicy #FutureOfMigration #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #Punjab
#YouthMigration #GlobalOpportunities #MigrationAmbassadors #SSDO #YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicy #FutureOfMigration #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #Punjab
December 30, 2024 at 10:40 AM
SSDO Press Conference in Lahore Calls for Urgent Reforms to Combat Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration Following Greece Boat Tragedy.
#YouthMigration #GlobalOpportunities #MigrationAmbassadors #SSDO #YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicy #FutureOfMigration #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #Punjab
#YouthMigration #GlobalOpportunities #MigrationAmbassadors #SSDO #YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicy #FutureOfMigration #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #Punjab
Legal reforms urged to prevent future migrant disasters
newsdiplomacy.com/legal-reform...
#YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicies #SSDO #FutureLeaders #Migration #CapacityBuilding #PolicyDevelopment #MigrationGovernance #LegislativeDevelopment #Governance #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #AntiTrafficking
newsdiplomacy.com/legal-reform...
#YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicies #SSDO #FutureLeaders #Migration #CapacityBuilding #PolicyDevelopment #MigrationGovernance #LegislativeDevelopment #Governance #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #AntiTrafficking
Legal reforms urged to prevent future migrant disasters - News Diplomacy
ISLAMABAD: The Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) has emphasized the urgent need for Pakistan to strengthen its legal and policy frameworks to combat human smuggling and prevent trage...
newsdiplomacy.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Legal reforms urged to prevent future migrant disasters
newsdiplomacy.com/legal-reform...
#YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicies #SSDO #FutureLeaders #Migration #CapacityBuilding #PolicyDevelopment #MigrationGovernance #LegislativeDevelopment #Governance #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #AntiTrafficking
newsdiplomacy.com/legal-reform...
#YouthDialogue #MigrationPolicies #SSDO #FutureLeaders #Migration #CapacityBuilding #PolicyDevelopment #MigrationGovernance #LegislativeDevelopment #Governance #TIP #SOM #IrregularMigration #AntiTrafficking
📣New OPEN ACCESS article:
What are the pathways taken by rejected asylum seekers to resolve their irregular(ized) status?
And how do these trajectories unfold over time?
📈Answers based on longitudinal administrative data can be found here:
doi.org/10.1002/psp....
#irregularmigration
What are the pathways taken by rejected asylum seekers to resolve their irregular(ized) status?
And how do these trajectories unfold over time?
📈Answers based on longitudinal administrative data can be found here:
doi.org/10.1002/psp....
#irregularmigration
Return or Regularization? A Temporal Analysis of Rejected Asylum Seekers in Germany
This study examines the temporal dynamics and policy influences on pathways out of irregular(ized) status among rejected asylum seekers in Germany through the lens of temporal liminality, a concept h...
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📣New OPEN ACCESS article:
What are the pathways taken by rejected asylum seekers to resolve their irregular(ized) status?
And how do these trajectories unfold over time?
📈Answers based on longitudinal administrative data can be found here:
doi.org/10.1002/psp....
#irregularmigration
What are the pathways taken by rejected asylum seekers to resolve their irregular(ized) status?
And how do these trajectories unfold over time?
📈Answers based on longitudinal administrative data can be found here:
doi.org/10.1002/psp....
#irregularmigration
and as a result they are creating irregular migrants, with the very policies that allegedly are meant to combat #irregularmigration politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
How Europe’s Migration Rules Keep Creating the “Irregular Migrants” They Claim to Catch
What if irregular migration is not something that happens despite the system, but because of it?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
and as a result they are creating irregular migrants, with the very policies that allegedly are meant to combat #irregularmigration politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-eur...
The main goal was to find out:
What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration and irregular migrants?
But before going into this we asked about their views on #migration more broadly.
The majority of Britons thinks immigrants contribute positively to the economy. But...
What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration and irregular migrants?
But before going into this we asked about their views on #migration more broadly.
The majority of Britons thinks immigrants contribute positively to the economy. But...
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The main goal was to find out:
What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration and irregular migrants?
But before going into this we asked about their views on #migration more broadly.
The majority of Britons thinks immigrants contribute positively to the economy. But...
What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration and irregular migrants?
But before going into this we asked about their views on #migration more broadly.
The majority of Britons thinks immigrants contribute positively to the economy. But...
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...
Views on #irregularmigration are complicated. Academics always say so. But what if who we think #irregularmigrants are is deeply distorted by political and media narratives?
check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more.
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more.
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 10:14 AM
Views on #irregularmigration are complicated. Academics always say so. But what if who we think #irregularmigrants are is deeply distorted by political and media narratives?
check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more.
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
check out our new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report to find out more.
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
2 Irregularity is strongly associated with border crossings and asylum claims, even though many irregular migrants lose status through everyday administrative or employment-related routes.
#irregularmigration
#moralpanic
#irregularmigration
#moralpanic
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
2 Irregularity is strongly associated with border crossings and asylum claims, even though many irregular migrants lose status through everyday administrative or employment-related routes.
#irregularmigration
#moralpanic
#irregularmigration
#moralpanic
What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration?
Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today
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 7:35 AM
What do Britons know and think about #irregularmigration?
Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
Read new @iclaimeu.bsky.social report out today
i-claim.eu/project/publ...
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Irregular migration as an assemblage: New IRIS Working paper unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe
Written by Nando Sigona (University of Birmingham) and Ilse van Liempt (Utrecht University), The irregularisation of migration and migrants’ irregular condition: an assemblage perspective draws on …
superdiversity.net
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Irregularmigration as an #assemblage: New IRIS Working Paper by @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social and me unpacks how “irregularity” is made in Europe drawing on @iclaimeu.bsky.social findings superdiversity.net/2025/10/31/i...
Interesting to hear about @runnymedetrust.bsky.social report on #hostileenvironment at #ssahe conference, there are several findings that resonates with out @iclaimeu.bsky.social corpus analysis of political and public narratives on #irregularmigration i-claim.eu/project/the-...
The narrative construction of migrant irregularity in the United Kingdom - I-CLAIM
This report investigates the narrative construction of migrant irregularity in the United Kingdom across three primary domains: media, politics, and civil society.
i-claim.eu
June 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Interesting to hear about @runnymedetrust.bsky.social report on #hostileenvironment at #ssahe conference, there are several findings that resonates with out @iclaimeu.bsky.social corpus analysis of political and public narratives on #irregularmigration i-claim.eu/project/the-...
Join us (in person or online) on Thursday (1-2.30pm CET) for this event on the governance of #irregularmigration in Europe!
Register via eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/states-of-...
Register via eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/states-of-...
May 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Join us (in person or online) on Thursday (1-2.30pm CET) for this event on the governance of #irregularmigration in Europe!
Register via eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/states-of-...
Register via eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/states-of-...
this is from a long time ago, but it is a piece of research that really left a mark in how i think and understand the present
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/no-w...
interesting to see how absent the position of children is in the #imiscoe2025 conference on #irregularmigration
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/no-w...
interesting to see how absent the position of children is in the #imiscoe2025 conference on #irregularmigration
No Way Out, No Way In | COMPAS
www.compas.ox.ac.uk
March 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
this is from a long time ago, but it is a piece of research that really left a mark in how i think and understand the present
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/no-w...
interesting to see how absent the position of children is in the #imiscoe2025 conference on #irregularmigration
www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/no-w...
interesting to see how absent the position of children is in the #imiscoe2025 conference on #irregularmigration
The episode also features Bastian Vollmer presenting the findings of @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the narratives of #irregularmigration among media, politicians and CSOs. One of the key findings is around the centrality of irregular border crossings and what it does...
March 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The episode also features Bastian Vollmer presenting the findings of @iclaimeu.bsky.social research on the narratives of #irregularmigration among media, politicians and CSOs. One of the key findings is around the centrality of irregular border crossings and what it does...