We warmly invite our members to join us for a drink to welcome in the new year and to catch up with MMB colleagues from across the University and Bristol. At 5pm Bridget will say a few words and we will have a short networking activity. For this, please bring along an idea of a […]

Sarah Kunz will discuss her work on the UK Investor visa - Britain’s wealth-based immigration pathway that offered a straightforward route to permanent residence, and eventually citizenship, for those who could afford it. The visa category was introduced in 1994 by Conservative Home Secretary Michael Howard with an eye to wealthy Hong Kongers and white […]

Join us for the first of our 2023 ACH/MMB webinars, aiming to bridge the gap between research, policy and delivery. This webinar will delve into the core of co-production for the development of refugee and migrant support and integration services, where it is vital to bring together research, policy and delivery expertise to ensure services […]

This month the MMB Reading Group will meet to discuss William Conroy's recent article, 'Fanon's Mobilities: Race, Space, Recognition,' Antipode 2023, which engages with Frantz Fanon's writing on both geographical and dialectical movement. The discussion will be lead by Natasha Carver, Lecturer in International Criminology and lead for the MMB Challenge Bordering, Control, Justice. More from […]

The first webinar in our series, 'The Health of Migrants and the Right to Health', co-hosted with the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet).   With Nicola Burns, Karolina Follis and Luca Follis. In contemporary societies of the Global North, asylum seekers, migrants and refugees are among the groups experiencing some of the most […]

The Athenian Laws introduced by Draco c. 621 BCE were said to be written not in ink but blood. The UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill currently going through Parliament is draconian. It effectively puts an end to the UK’s asylum system as we know it and to many of the protections of the Modern Slavery […]

The second webinar in our series 'The Health of Migrants and the Right to Health', co-hosted by MMB and GRAMNet. Re-thinking the asylum process as a social determinant of health. With Alessio Albanese and Kate O'Donnell. Ample research has demonstrated the effects of pre migration experiences (e.g., war, persecution, violence, torture) on the mental health […]

*** POSTPONED*** The third webinar in our series ‘The Health of Migrants and the Right to Health‘, co-hosted by MMB and GRAMNet. With Loubaba Mamluk and Sabi Redwood. Triggered by the war in Syria, 4.6 million Syrians formed the largest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation. There is existing evidence to suggest […]

The final webinar in our series ‘The Health of Migrants and the Right to Health', co-hosted by MMB and GRAMNet. With Rebecca Yeo. The UK asylum system includes multiple restrictions which limit access to the services and support needed for physical and emotional health and wellbeing. At different stages in an asylum claim, people are […]

Are you, or could you be, wild about weeds? Join MMB and Bristol Ideas for a walking conversation about weeds, indigeneity and mobility. We’re excited to be joined by Jane Memmott, Professor of Ecology at the School for Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, who will introduce us to what grows in the cracks of Clifton’s […]