Migration and Society launch: solidarity and the “Anti-Refugee Machine”

Opening with an editorial titled Vocalizations in the Midst, Dr Tatiana Thieme, Professor Mette L. Berg and Professor Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh reflect on the challenges of writing “in dark times” while affirming the importance of scholarship as a space for care, solidarity, and resistance.

Guest-edited by Professor Tricia Redeker Hepner (Arizona State University) and Professor Magnus Treiber (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), this section takes inspiration from James Ferguson’s The Anti-Politics Machine. It explores how migration regimes operate to control, exclude, and profit from forced displacement.

The issue also includes reviews of recent publications on migration and mobility, reinforcing the journal’s role as a hub for global scholarship.

• Journal editors: Mette L. Berg (UCL Social Research Institute); Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh (UCL Geography); Tatiana Thieme (UCL Geography)
• Guest Editors of the ‘Anti-Refugee Machine’ Special Section: Tricia Redeker Hepner (Arizona State University); Magnus Treiber (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
• Contributors to the ‘Anti-Refugee Machine’ Special Section: Fiori Berhane (USC Dornsife); Hera Jay Brown (Sanctuarium); Roberto Barrios (University of New Orleans)