What is irregular migration? We often start our conversations with this question, today we really want to dig in on how and why media and political narratives on irregular migration really matters not only because they shape public perceptions but also how our institutions respond to this phenomenon.

Our hosts, Nando Sigona and Ilse van Liempt, explore these questions with two guests: professor Bastian Vollmer who coordinated the I-CLAIM work on narratives and representations of irregular migration and Michele Levoy, director of PICUM.

Our podcast picks …

I-CLAIM Country reports on narratives of irregular migration:

- UK: https://i-claim.eu/project/the-narrative-construction-of-migrant-irregularity-in-the-united-kingdom/

- Italy : https://i-claim.eu/project/the-public-discourse-on-migration-irregularity-and-work-in-italy/

- The Netherlands: https://i-claim.eu/project/discourses-about-irregularised-migrants-in-the-netherlands/

- Finland: https://i-claim.eu/project/narratives-of-irregular-migration-in-finland/

- Germany: https://i-claim.eu/project/discourses-about-irregularisedmigrants-in-germany/

- Poland: https://i-claim.eu/project/narratives-about-irregularised-migrants-in-poland/

EU: https://i-claim.eu/project/discourses-about-irregularised-migrants-at-the-eu-level/

How to cite this episode

van Liempt, I , Sigona, N, Levoy, M, Vollmer, B (2025) “Narratives of irregularity", Mobility, work and rights: the I-CLAIM podcast, S1 E5, 8 March 2025.

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