Lexicon of Exclusion
Return - the removal of people from the UK to countries where the Home Office determines they belong. (This is the first post in a new thread called A Lexicon of Exclusion. This thread will consider what the Home Office's terminology (really) means. What are the messages the
Publications
(In which I discuss the deadly effect of woman being ignored and misrepresented within the asylum system - and show off about a new publication.) I’m pleased to say that my chapter in Georgina Colby and Jane Freedman’s edited book ‘Representing Violence Against Women: Asylum, Voice, and Testimony’
Publications
A Briefing Paper written with Women who had experienced Immigration Detention.Women In Immigration Detention with Hyperlinks Prints on 4 pages.pdf464 KBdownload-circle
*I posted this on Substack but forgot to post it here on Ghost.... Dear readers (you precious few!) I’m leaving Substack … In January, one of the substacks I follow, ‘The Border Chronicle’ which posts about US border issues, announced they were leaving Substack because of the platform’s choice
(In which: I return to Thailand, reconnect with family and consider the plight of border communities caught up in the political psychodrama of old enemies.) I used to live in Thailand and there was a time when I assumed I’d have a close connection to Thailand throughout my life.
This short commentary considers the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act (BSAIA 2025) and the new criminal offences that came into force this week. The BSAIA and the prosecution of these new offences rely heavily on the use of remote intelligence. We are in an age dominated by the wizardry
Newsletter
First published 9th of December 2025, edited 25.05 2026 The UK, like many other countries, has a long history of casting social outcasts, foreigners and misfits as threats to society. These groups, incarcerated and indefinitely detained, have included the mentally ill, ‘enemy aliens’, prisoners of war and suspected members
Newsletter
a substack about indefinite immigration detention and the underbelly of immigration policy