maurice stierl
Researcher at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University. Still convinced his football career is around the corner.
- Reposted by maurice stierlI know the govt is in meltdown again… but meanwhile I wrote about how their immigration policies create a subclass of migrant workers exposed to abuse in an increasingly “Dubai-style” rightless immigration model & I explain what to do about it
- Labour is creating a vulnerable migrant underclass @zoejardiniere.bsky.social
- Cypriot authorities have frequently engaged in migrant #pushbacks, including of Syrians seeking asylum. Please explain how these practices of ‘return’, violating fundamental human rights, make the Schengen area more secure.
- Reposted by maurice stierlIsrael entzieht 37 deutschen & internationalen Hilfsorganisationen die Registrierung, darunter auch medico international. Unsere Pressemitteilung:
- Reposted by maurice stierlThe lack of coverage is disturbing
- Reposted by maurice stierl"Turning vast geographies such as the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea into death zones is not enough for those who see their fight as a civilisational one, steeped in racial mythology and 'remigration' fantasies that will ultimately also turn against Europe’s minority citizens." Great piece.
- Wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian: "Since migration has become the cornerstone of the current authoritarian turn, it is precisely around migration that resistance needs to form." www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
- Wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian: "Since migration has become the cornerstone of the current authoritarian turn, it is precisely around migration that resistance needs to form." www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
- Reposted by maurice stierlIn a new article #SFB1604 members Nandita Dutta & @mauricestierl.bsky.social discuss how the figure of the ‘modern slave’ emerges in their respective fields of #research, what political function it plays and what colonial, racial and spatial imaginaries it is embedded in. #modernslavery #migration
- Publication out in the journal Sociology, a conversational piece with Nandita Dutta: "Modern Slavery and Migration: A Conversation on the Production of Invasive Figures and Racist Imaginaries" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- One can really sense the excitement that the Frontex press team must have felt when realising that they could now use a refugee story to promote its work of pushing back refugees.
- Publication out in the journal Sociology, a conversational piece with Nandita Dutta: "Modern Slavery and Migration: A Conversation on the Production of Invasive Figures and Racist Imaginaries" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by maurice stierlIn a new article on the #Portolan blog @smartitaz.bsky.social and #SFB1604 member @mauricestierl.bsky.social stress that #migration has become a key vehicle for #authoritarianism. buff.ly/8ors8j5 #Borders #Asylum #EU #Rights #Asyl #Flüchtlingsschutz #Einwanderung #Politik #Gesellschaft #Rechtsruck
- Honoured that we were invited by Michael Hardt & Sandro Mezzadra to contribute to their new blog #Portolan! The text by Martina Tazzioli and myself is called “Punitive Environments and the anti-immigration authoritarian commonsense”. portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
- Reposted by maurice stierlOn 11 November, we discussed how to “Counter the Production of Migration as Crisis”. The event was a response to the call by the Migration Scholars' Global Solidarity and Resistance Network to take action against the instrumentalisation of #migration for far-right and authoritarian projects.
- Reposted by maurice stierlAlerted by @alarmphone.bsky.social, our Aurora just rescued 22 people from distress at sea this evening. All guests are now safe on board and on their way to Lampedusa. We wish them resilience and strength in their continued struggle against Fortress Europe.
- Join our Teach-In/Out "Counter the Production of Migration as Crisis" in Osnabrück next week! This is a response to a call by the new Migration Scholars' Global Solidarity and Resistance Network to take action against the increasing violence and hostility targeting racialised communities.
- Reposted by maurice stierlHow many #migrants die en route to the #CanaryIslands? In an article, IMIS- & #SFB1604 member @mauricestierl.bsky.social and @msdionis.bsky.social analyze data collection practices and contradictory numbers. They demonstrate that the data has practical consequences and produces multiple realities.
- Together with @msdionis.bsky.social I wrote this article (in Spanish) about contested data practices on migrant deaths and disappearance in the context of the Atlantic region, wondering about their performative and political effects. www.eldiario.es/andalucia/el...
- Together with @msdionis.bsky.social I wrote this article (in Spanish) about contested data practices on migrant deaths and disappearance in the context of the Atlantic region, wondering about their performative and political effects. www.eldiario.es/andalucia/el...
- Reposted by maurice stierl📢 Neuer Beitrag von IMIS- und #SFB1604-Mitglied @mauricestierl.bsky.social in der Le Monde erschienen. Er zeigt: In der #Migrationspolitik setzen sich in immer mehr #EU-Staaten die Krisennarrative der extrem Rechten durch. #Flucht #Vertreibung #Fluchtforschung #Exil #Migration #Grenzen #EU
- 'Die Vergrenzung Europas', mein Beitrag ist nun in der Le Monde erschienen. Die Ausgabe 'Die Unerwünschten' sieht toll aus, mit Texten von Lea Ypi, Charlotte Wiedemann, Wolfram Lacher, Jérôme Tubiana und vielen anderen. monde-diplomatique.de/product_info...
- Reposted by maurice stierlHervorragende Auswahl von Beiträgen zu Flucht, Vertreibung und Migration in diesem neuen Heft, u.a. mit @leaypi.bsky.social, @mauricestierl.bsky.social, @chawi.bsky.social, Adam Shatz sowie dem Artikel von Jérôme Tubiana und mir zur EU-Migrationspolitik und dem Aufstieg der Milizenführer in Libyen.
- 'Die Vergrenzung Europas', mein Beitrag ist nun in der Le Monde erschienen. Die Ausgabe 'Die Unerwünschten' sieht toll aus, mit Texten von Lea Ypi, Charlotte Wiedemann, Wolfram Lacher, Jérôme Tubiana und vielen anderen. monde-diplomatique.de/product_info...
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- Reposted by maurice stierlSeit vielen Jahren geistert der Begriff #Wirtschaftsflüchtling durch Debatten um #Migration. Wie er das Ökonomische außerhalb des Politischen positioniert und daduruch die Legitimität von Asylgesuchen in Frage stellt, zeigt Lauren Stokes jetzt im Inventar. www.migrationsbegriffe.de/wirtschaftsf...
- Reposted by maurice stierl🚨 18 October – Manifestation in Rome 🚨 We refuse to stay silent while Italy renews its bloody deal with Libyan militias. We call on all comrades, refugees, allies & citizens of conscience: join us in Rome to say NO to the Italy–Libya Memorandum! ✊🏾 📍 Piazza dei Santi Apostoli – Rome 📅 18 October
- Let’s go, German pundits, explain to the world why everyone gets it so wrong, how nobody really understands, and how the blatantly obvious is in reality much more complicated!
- Reposted by maurice stierlHow do civil society actors in #Malta navigate the politically contentious issue of #migration? New Border Criminologies blog post by @cettamainwaring.bsky.social (University of Edinburgh) and #SFB1604 member @mauricestierl.bsky.social #searchandrescue #Seenotrettung #Mediterranean #border
- Several barriers impact solidarity work on migration in Malta, including the geography of the islands, socio-political environment and maritime imaginaries. But activism is still very much alive. From @mauricestierl.bsky.social and @cettamainwaring.bsky.social ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
- Reposted by maurice stierlSeveral barriers impact solidarity work on migration in Malta, including the geography of the islands, socio-political environment and maritime imaginaries. But activism is still very much alive. From @mauricestierl.bsky.social and @cettamainwaring.bsky.social ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
- Reposted by maurice stierlJ Butler: “It is time to resist the injustice now normalized by those who capitulate to powers willing to destroy the basic principles protecting the university’s independence & who imperil the future of critical thought, dissent, and democracy itself.” www.chronicle.com/article/when...
- Reposted by maurice stierlYesterday, our teams and survivors on the Ocean Viking were deliberately shot at by Libyan Coast Guard, on a vessel gifted by Italy. We demand a full investigation into these horrifying events and an immediate end to all European collaboration with Libya. www.sosmediterranee.org/sos-med-liby...
- Three sisters fleeing from #Sudan were found dead on a rubber boat rescued by the #Nadir. What horror, produced time and again by the European border regime. There's no way to 'protect borders' without producing such necropolitical violence.
- 🖤 Three sisters aged 9, 11 and 17 drowned in the #CentralMed, another person remains missing. Our NADIR crew rescued 65 people from a flooded, overcrowded rubber boat that same night, on saturday early morning. The group had departed Zuwara, Libya, the day before.
- Reposted by maurice stierlAn effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
- My piece for the Guardian on 10 years since Europe’s border crisis: “The burning of an effigy of refugees is what happens after a decade of dehumanisation. Many have implanted a dangerous border fantasy that will continue to divide, hurt and kill.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by maurice stierl“All these traumas are the reason why the Irish took almost 150 years before they could memorialise what they experienced in the 1840s. Those who inflict starvation are aware of this, they know that what they’re doing is actually dismantling a society.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
- Reposted by maurice stierlThe sanctions imposed by the United States on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese set an unacceptable precedent and constitute a direct attack on the international human rights order. This is the first time that a state has imposed targeted punitive measures on a UN mandate holder.
- "How did 'imported antisemitism', a far-right anti-immigrant buzz phrase, make it into the political mainstream?" Do read Mithu Sanyal's comment for the Guardian. @mithu.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by maurice stierlFor @eualive.bsky.social: EU Migration chief Brunner has begun talking about the 'weaponisation' of migration from Libya to the EU, orchestrated by Russia and Belarus - suggesting he may be considering invoking 'hybrid warfare' to justify harsher (or more openly harsh) methods in the Mediterranean.
- Reposted by maurice stierl"The #weaponisation and securitisation of #migration has a long history,” says Stierl, “the hybrid warfare narrative [...] is just the latest attempt to justify European deterrence efforts in places like #Libya, where the humanitarian situation is unimaginable for those stuck there.”
- Reposted by maurice stierlOut now: Collective article that examines the role of #reflexivity in the field of #migrationstudies, written by @mauricestierl.bsky.social, @laurastielike.bsky.social, @phischaefer.bsky.social, Inken Bartels, Anna Amelina, Iva Dodevska, Maissam Nimer, Omololá S. Olarinde-Olomola: buff.ly/v9aPfij
- New article, right on time for #IMISCOE2025: “Reflexivity as Critique? A Conversation on the Politics of Knowledge Production in Migration Studies”. With L. Stielike, P. Schäfer, I. Bartels, A. Amelina, I. Dodevska, M. Nimer, & O. Olarinde-Olomola. journals.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/index.php/zm...
- Reposted by maurice stierlYesterday, our monitoring aircraft crew sighted three bodies floating in international waters off Libya. On a second flight, we discovered two more. A Libyan militia boat, funded by Italy, was nearby but refused to respond to our calls. [1/3]
- Reposted by maurice stierlDie #Bundesregierung stoppt die finanzielle Hilfe für die zivile #Seenotrettung. Dabei sei deren Präsenz auf dem #Mittelmeer unabdingbar, um Menschenleben zu retten, denn sichere #Fluchtwege fehlen, so IMIS- & #SFB1604-Mitglied @mauricestierl.bsky.social im Interview mit dem MDR. buff.ly/i2xUqrC
- Abschottungspolitik um jeden Preis. Die Bundesregierung beendet die finanzielle Unterstützung der Seenotrettung – ein fatales Signal. Habe heute dazu mit dem MDR gesprochen. www.mdr.de/audio-296944...
- Reposted by maurice stierlAfter 104 days of being unjustly detained for his advocacy for Palestinian rights, Mahmoud Khalil is finally home with his wife and newborn son.
- Reposted by maurice stierlWenn der Genozid in Gaza möglich ist, wenn die Bombardierung der 15-Millionen-Stadt Teheran möglich ist, wo sind noch rote Linien? 1/5
- For 3 years, I was leading the post-doc group ›The Production of Knowledge on Migration‹. By the end of the month, our collective work is coming to an end, at least formally. Inken Bartels, Philipp Schäfer & Laura Stielike will give a final lecture next week - come by! @imisosnabrueck.bsky.social
- Reposted by maurice stierl🧵 Two Years Since the Pylos Shipwreck On June 14, 2023, the deadliest maritime tragedy in recent EU history occurred off the coast of Pylos, Greece. An estimated 750 people, mainly from Syria, Pakistan, and Egypt, were on board.
- "One's own deportation as an adventure story" @fr-hessen.bsky.social Apparently, the EU border agency #Frontex produced this 'cute' poster to explain the process of deportation to children. Monstrous. Abolish @frontex.bsky.social!
- Reposted by maurice stierlStatistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not prevented the circulation of dubious estimates on ‘desert deaths’, warns Dr Maurice Stierl.
- Why do so many actors claim that migration across the Sahara is deadlier than migration across the Mediterranean? I've traced this claim over the years. Following my longer study, now a shorter piece in @euobserver.com. Not happy about the title, didn't chose it... euobserver.com/migration/ar...
- The article that our research team ‘The Production of Knowledge on Migration’ published in @migrationjrnl.bsky.social is now #OpenAccess: 'The Moral Economies of Reflexive Migration Studies'. @laurastielike.bsky.social @phischaefer.bsky.social & Inken Bartels. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
- Reposted by maurice stierlToday we launch the Malta Migration Archive in Valletta. The Archive sheds light on border violence in Malta and documents state practices of non-assistance and pushbacks to Libya. Find us at: maltamigrationarchive.org
- When the #Madleen was sailing to #Gaza, it witnessed how dozens of people were abducted by EU-sponsored Libyan militias. Now the crew was abducted by Israeli forces. Meanwhile, activists in LA rise against ICE abductions. These struggles are connected. Solidarity with all of them! #FreedomFlotilla
- Reposted by maurice stierlIn a new article @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social @cettamainwaring.bsky.social and IMIS & #SFB1604 member @mauricestierl.bsky.social explore how actors in #Malta navigate the politically contentious issue of #migration. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MigrationStudies #borders #Mediterranean
- Islands of Solidarity? Migration and Activism in Malta Glad that this new article is out now in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social! In it, @cettamainwaring.bsky.social and I explore how actors in #Malta navigate the politically contentious issue of (sea) migration. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by maurice stierl😭😭😭 More of this. More of ordinary people standing up to the government militias abducting their neighbours. More resistance 💪
- Reposted by maurice stierl+++Eil+++ Jetzt gibt es eine Entscheidung zu den Zurückweisungen, die die Bundesregierung seit Mai durchführen lässt. Das VG Berlin hat in mehreren Fällen heute die Maßnahmen als europarechtswidrig beurteilt. Auch Berufung auf Art. 72 AEUV wurde verworfen. www.berlin.de/gerichte/ver...
- New article! For years, I wondered why international organisations claimed that migration across the #Sahara was deadlier than migration across the #Mediterranean Sea. In 2022, I started tracing this claim & my findings are now out! #openaccess. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- The cynical criminalisation of rescuers at sea continues. But what a powerful response by Mediterranea, who announce today that they will launch a new ship! "The power of those who save lives is greater than the power of those who let them die." mediterranearescue.org/en/news/maer...
- 17 members of the Hellenic Coast Guard face felony charges, nearly 2 years after the #Adriana sank and up to 700 people died off the Greek coast. Given the madness of the world, I’d consider this ‘rare good news’. #Pylos @rsaegean.bsky.social rsaegean.org/en/pylos-shi...
- Reposted by maurice stierl#Pylos #shipwreck #Greece: Criminal prosecution and referral to main investigation on felony charges against 17 members of the Hellenic Coast Guard, including senior officers of its leadership. Joint press release: (1/9)
- Reposted by maurice stierlNeue Folge: Mit Shai Hoffmann analysiere ich im Podcast "Über Israel und Palästina sprechen" die deutsche Nahost-Berichterstattung - tief und faktenbasiert. Im Zentrum: die Rolle des Springer-Konzerns, Doppelstandards, Selbstzensur, außenpolitische Korridore und Verantwortungslosigkeit (...) 1/x
- Reposted by maurice stierlVor aller Augen geht das Töten in #Gaza weiter. Wer die Menschenrechte dort nicht verteidigt, wird sie auch hier verlieren. Sprich darüber. Nicht eines Tages. Jetzt. Ab heute kannst Du dazu hier die neuen medico-Plakate/Postkarten bestellen und das Sharepic zum Teilen herunterladen.
- Reposted by maurice stierlMorgen in Berlin!
- Reposted by maurice stierlNew article Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive cup.org/3YFVnzn
- Reposted by maurice stierlBundespräsident Frank-Walter #Steinmeier beabsichtigt morgen den israelischen Ministerpräsidenten Benjamin #Netanjahu zu treffen. Gegen Netanjahu liegt aktuell ein internationaler Haftbefehl wegen Kriegsverbrechen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit vor.
- "Escalating atrocities in Gaza present an urgent moral crossroads and States must act now to end the violence or bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
- Reposted by maurice stierl@alarmphone.bsky.social reported about a shipwreck of a boat carrying 50 people. Only 2 survivors have been confirmed, while the fate of the rest is still unknown. How have we reached a point where deaths along EU borders have become so normalised that their loss of life rarely even makes the news?
- Reposted by maurice stierlSeemingly, there is no bottom to this downward spiral of depravity and inhumanity.
- Reposted by maurice stierl"Cooperative Research: A Conversation across Disciplines, Histories and Cultures" Join this stellar Roundtable next Thursday 8th of May 6 pm at @unimarburg.bsky.social featuring @spaceforpeace.bsky.social @mauricestierl.bsky.social Karolina Kluczewska & more (Details below & linked) 👇👇
- 🔍 How can research be more collaborative, impactful, and inclusive? Join our upcoming roundtable on cooperative research, featuring perspectives from geography, political science, and history and find out! 🕕 When: 8th of May, 18:00-19:30 📍 Where: TBC More info: www.uni-marburg.de/en/sfb138/ne...
- Reposted by maurice stierlA ship full of international activists sending goods to Gaza was attacked by a presumed drone strike and caught fire last night. This is political warfare in international waters.
- BREAKING: At 00:23 Maltese time, a #FreedomFlotilla ship was subjected to a drone attack. The front of the vessel was targeted twice, resulting in a fire and a breach in the hull. The ship is currently located in international waters near #Malta. An #SOS distress signal was sent.
- "Our data reveals that business is booming for companies involved in the border economy." By @mayblin.bsky.social, Joe Turner, @thomdavis.bsky.social, @isakjee.bsky.social & Tesfalem Yemane. Thanks friends, this is what research can do. www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
- The Civil Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (short CMRCC) has published its 17th issue of Echoes, entitled "Platform of Hope". Do check it out! civilmrcc.eu/echoes/echoe...
- Together with @msdionis.bsky.social, I've contributed a shorter version of our piece "Conflicting realities: Mapping discrepancies in migrant deaths data on the Atlantic route" civilmrcc.eu/forced-to-di...
- Reposted by maurice stierlTo clarify, “interceptions” refers to: 👉 Forcibly returning asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean to Libya, where they face serious abuse in detention centres. 👉EU and member states enable this practice by providing surveillance, intelligence, and operational coordination to Libyan authorities.
- According to @iom.int Libya, 358 people were intercepted between 13 and 19 April and returned to Libya. Since the beginning of 2025, the Libyan coast guard has intercepted 6,620 people. 👉Important question: Where are they now?
- In this article, @smartitaz.bsky.social & I discuss how some decolonial approaches to borders & migration conceptualise colonial legacies by reducing the complex ways in which the colonial past informs racialised bordering mechanisms in the present. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by maurice stierlNeuer Beitrag im @miginventar.bsky.social: IMIS- & #SFB1604 Mitglied @mauricestierl.bsky.social und Bernd Kasparek analysieren den Begriff „Grenze“. Nicht die Frage, was eine #Grenze ist, führe zu Erkenntnissen, sondern was sie tut. #Migrationsforschung #Migrationspolitik #BorderStudies
- Jetzt online @miginventar.bsky.social - @mauricestierl.bsky.social und Bernd Kasparek zu Begriff, Geschichte und Arbeit der #Grenze. Leseempfehlung für alle, die den neuen rechten #Autoritarismus und seinen migrationspolitischen harten Kern verstehen wollen! www.migrationsbegriffe.de/grenze
- Reposted by maurice stierlIsrael has been blocking entry to all aid for 50 days (March 2nd). No water, no food, no fuel, no medicine. Since March 18th, heavy bombing throughout, and Palestinians have been pushed to ca 30% of Gaza, the rest declared "no go" or "displacement" zones. How much worse does this need to get??
- Cutting off all goods and supplies to Gaza after having completely destroyed the health sector, the agricultural sector, and a vast majority of residential buildings, is effectively mass killing. Genocide convention §2c in full view www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
- Reposted by maurice stierl@mauricestierl.bsky.social and I wrote a piece on "Mare nero? Undoing the decolonial redux, multiplying (post)colonial legacies and struggles" , now out in JEMS: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... The article intervenes in debates on Eurocentrism in migration studies and its oblivion of race
- Happy this article I co-authored with Martina Tazzioli is out & #openaccess! In it, we caution against a 'decolonial redux' in analyses of (Mediterranean) migration & (EU) border enforcement. @smartitaz.bsky.social @Scrmjems.bsky.social @imisosnabrueck.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by maurice stierlJetzt online @miginventar.bsky.social - @mauricestierl.bsky.social und Bernd Kasparek zu Begriff, Geschichte und Arbeit der #Grenze. Leseempfehlung für alle, die den neuen rechten #Autoritarismus und seinen migrationspolitischen harten Kern verstehen wollen! www.migrationsbegriffe.de/grenze
- “Dieser Despotismus der Grenze erklärt, warum die Figur der Grenze so verlockend, ja fast schon emblematisch für den neuen Autoritarismus ist, der sich vor allem auf dem Gebiet der Migrationspolitik zeigt.” www.migrationsbegriffe.de/grenze
- Alle reden über ‘Grenze’, als wäre klar, was das bedeutet. Zu diesem komplexen Begriff habe ich mit Bernd Kasparek einen Beitrag für das Inventar der Migrationsbegriffe geschrieben. @miginventar.bsky.social www.migrationsbegriffe.de/grenze
- Reposted by maurice stierlNew article by IMIS and #SFB1604 member @mauricestierl.bsky.social and Marta Sánchez Dionis. #Atlantic #borders #borderdeaths #migration #migrationresearch #migrationroutes 👇
- [New Blog 🖋️] Dr. @mauricestierl.bsky.social and Marta Sánchez Dionis show how Atlantic route deaths data varies, and how this uncertainty impacts the responsibilities of researchers, policymakers, and rescue actors: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
