Siobhan McGuirk

Siobhán McGuirk

McGuirk

Siobhán McGuirk is a lecturer in anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London and co-editor of  Asylum for Sale: Profit and Protest in the Migration Industry (PM Press, 2020).

Deadly EU migration policies will lead to more deaths at sea

EU immigration policy like boat pushbacks & non-intervention do not deter people on the move. They only force them into more dangerous routes — endangering more lives. But these practices are deadly by design, argues Siobhán McGuirk.

14 July, 2023

UK-Rwanda asylum deal and Britain's far-right shift

The UK government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for resettlement, built on the recently passed Nationality and Borders Bill, is the epitome of its cruel immigration regime and an indictment of British "values", writes Siobhán McGuirk.

28 April, 2022