Refugee women and children in the Calais ‘Jungle’ and the dismantling of the camp: Is it really the end?
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
13 October 2016
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
Experiencing what migration feels like through performance
EU–Afghanistan deportation–aid deal: Classic strategy or classic mistake?
7 October 2016
Marieke van Houte urges leaders to reconsider what a real 'win-win' development scenario looks like for Afghanistan
Migration, disability, and plain language
4 October 2016
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
28 September 2016
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
26 September 2016
MSc Migration Studies alumnus Tommaso Trillò shares some thoughts on his own experience of border crossing
Migration makes the Sustainable Development Goals agenda – time to celebrate?
As UN leaders gather in New York to mark the first anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals, we revisit this post from Oliver Bakewell, who considers whether the inclusion of migration in the Sustainable Development Goals raises more questions than it answers
Leaders must recognise migrants as human not hapless
Robtel Neajai Pailey urges world leaders to recognise the agency and humanity of those who migrate