Migration from Turkey to the UK
Diaspora Society
Professor Ibrahim Sirkeci charts the history of reciprocal migration between Turkey and the UK and predicts future movements
Turkey’s diaspora engagement policy under the Justice and Development Party
Diaspora Migration policy Society
Dr Bahar Baser tracks the development of Turkey's diaspora-building
How might the Turkish referendum outcome affect Turkey’s policies towards refugees and migrants?
Migration policy Society
Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz ponders the implications of Turkey's recent referendum on constitutional amendment for its refugees and migrants at home and abroad
Due diligence and labour rights – migrants and refugees in the textile sector
Employment Refugees Society
Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz reflects on recent steps by the OECD and others towards better protecting refugee & migrant workers in the garment sector
‘They say we don’t pay taxes’: Undocumented tax-paying migrants living in the UK
Migration policy Society
Geraldine Adiku urges that simplifying processes of regularisation will help migrants lead better lives
Migration, insecurity and development in Central Africa
Borders History Migration policy Refugees Society
Dr. Papa Demba Fall advocates for the need for a regional approach to confront challenges of migration, insecurity and development in Central Africa
Migratory flows, colonial encounters and the histories of transatlantic slavery
History Society
Dr Olivette Otele explores how histories of transatlantic slavery impact on contemporary questions of migration
Why migration policymaking needs more migrant voices
MSc in Migration Studies Society
MSc Migration Studies alumnus Yan Matusevich calls for a change to the diversity deficit that causes a critical absence of migrant voices in policymaking
‘We search for Life’: Mobilities, infrastructure and the Congolese from Eastern DR Congo
Refugees Society
Exploring everyday as well as conflict-driven migrations of Congolese in the Great Lakes region
Summer may be long gone, but the debate over the burkini ban is far from over
MSc in Migration Studies Society
Researchers Marie Godin and Giulia Liberatore (COMPAS) reflect on a recent MSc Migration Studies panel discussion
On contemporary art and migration
MSc in Migration Studies Society
MSc Migration Studies alumna Emine Yeter explores how contemporary art can universalise the migrant experience, and perhaps even help us to imagine possibilities otherwise abandoned in politics and law
Refugee women and children in the Calais ‘Jungle’ and the dismantling of the camp: Is it really the end?
Borders Refugees Society
One week after the beginning of the destruction of the 'Jungle' camp, women and children residents face an uncertain future
Common responses to the notion of Migration Studies
Language MSc in Migration Studies Society
MSc in Migration Studies alumna Bobbie Mills on perceptions of migration studies, including a preoccupation with the numbers: a view, she finds, that is shaped greatly by surrounding policy and media narratives
The Extraordinary Queuing Experience
Borders Society
Experiencing what migration feels like through performance
Migration, disability, and plain language
Language MSc in Migration Studies Society
MSc Migration Studies alumnus Jonathan Paul Katz examines the role of plain language in communication and its importance in communicating with people with disabilities, including migrants with disabilities – especially in interactions with local government
Refuge in Technology
MSc in Migration Studies Refugees Society
MSc Migration Studies alumna Aliyyah Ahad analyses the increasingly important role played by tech solutions - including those (co)designed by refugees themselves - in responding to the needs of today's refugees
A night-time border encounter: Some reflections
Borders MSc in Migration Studies Society
MSc Migration Studies alumnus Tommaso Trillò shares some thoughts on his own experience of border crossing