Nando Sigona is Research Associate at the ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) and Senior Research Officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, both at the University of Oxford. His main research interests include: irregular and child migration, governance and governmentality of forced migration in the EU, Roma politics and anti-Gypsyism in Europe, and the intersection between migration, citizenship and belonging.
Personal blog: http://nandosigona.wordpress.com
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Congratulations on your achievement’: the day I became BritishHow does one mark the ceremony to become British? With mixed feelings, in many cases.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Naturalisation and paracetamol: diary of an EU citizen in the UK“Eventually, I paid my £1349 and submitted my application and joined over 100,000 EU citizens who have applied for...
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Published in: HomeHostile environment: border guards and border guardeesBorder checks are no longer one-off encounters… but… a myriad of micro-encounters. They have penetrated the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAmber Rudd, the Windrush scandal and the reluctant RemainerThe Windrush scandal is undoubtedly the scene of a crime, multiple crimes. But which scene and what crime now needs...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAnother dangerous ‘National Us’: you can’t have a more integrated society in a hostile environmentThe UK Government’s strategy is not for an integrated society, focusing on what government and society could and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Can the fabric of a diverse society be undone? Diary of an EU citizen in the UK“A few days later the PM and the Health Secretary, Hunt, have ready a proposal to train more British doctors - the...