030 | Leah Cowan | Should we abolish borders?
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The border isn’t a line on the periphery of the country, says Leah Cowan, author of Border Nation. It is a fog that covers all of society and can descend upon you at any time if you’re an immigrant or racialized as “other.” It wasn’t always thus
027 | For transnational families, lockdown has no end
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The UK is reopening, but not transnational families. Visiting friends or relatives abroad is the second most frequent reason for foreign travel. It's about one in four trips out of the UK, twice the volume of business travel. Travel restrictions have reduced these trips to a trickle. For
PSA: International travel isn't just about holidays
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International travel restrictions stop a lot more than holidays. Millions have been separated from loved ones abroad for a year or more. Episode 27.
026 | Ty McCormick | One refugee family's 30-year quest for home
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Asad Husein was born in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Today he’s a student at Princeton University. His story is a miracle of grit and luck. It didn’t have to be that hard. Asad and Marian’s family fled conflict in Somalia and found refuge in eastern
How we think about refugees is a fiction
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From refugee camp to Princeton University, a story of incredible grit and luck. Episode 26 with Ty McCormick.
024 | Zoe Gardner | "We have a deeply unfeminist immigration system"
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Migrant women are at a higher risk of violence and abuse, often because of the State itself, explains immigration activist Zoe Gardner. In this conversation, Zoe Gardner covers: * How immigration exposes women to a higher risk of violence and abuse * Why policing and immigration enforcement must be decoupled * WTF “no
"We have a deeply unfeminist immigration system"
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Migrant women are at a higher risk of violence and abuse, often because of the State itself, explains immigration activist Zoe Gardner.
023 | Selda Shamloo | When your passport locks you in
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Selda Shamloo is taking the Home Office to court. Her mother, who’s Iranian, has been repeatedly denied a simple tourist visa to visit her. This is life on an ostracized passport. For many of us, our passport is a symbol of our wanderlust, a badge of our freedom. It’