Building on our (de)Bordering collaboration, Brigstow and MMB have launched a new joint initiative, Seasons and Cycles. This will start conversations that explore connections between plant, animal and human movements/migrations and develop research partnerships between scientists, social scientists and the arts and humanities. Activities will take the (de)Bordering plot as a literal and metaphorical starting point, beginning with […]

The MMB Reading Group is back! This year we will be discussing articles as well as books that encourage new ways of thinking about migration and mobilities. The meetings are held online and the next one will be facilitated by MMB Director Bridget Anderson.   Text: Moritz Altenried and Manuela Bojadžijev (2017) ‘Virtual Migration, Racism […]

Screening and discussion An Iranian comedy drama following the plight of a group of girls who disguise themselves as boys in order to sneak into the Iranian national football stadium in Tehran (where women are banned from attending matches) to watch a qualifying game between Iran and Bahrain for the World Cup. Held behind barriers […]

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 […]

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 […]