‘Integration’ can be a controversial concept. When applied to migrant communities it has often been associated with assimilation, a ‘one-way’ process treating migrants as ‘others’ who need to ‘fit in’. […]

A webinar reflecting on the experience of child migration and the failings of global policies to protect children on the move. : At 9.30am on 27th October 2020 three young […]

*** POSTPONED*** Details of new date to follow. The MMB series Childhood on the Move continues with a discussion of Michael Winterbottom's renowned film.   ‘In This World’ (Michael Winterbottom, […]

This month the MMB reading group discusses Nandita Sharma’s recent book Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (2020, Duke University Press). In this book she explores how the current political order of nation-states institutionalises the notion that each ‘people’ has its own place in the world by limiting access to […]

MMB is very pleased to announce the publication of Natasha Carver’s fantastic book Marriage, Gender and Refugee Migration: Spousal Relationships among Somali Muslims in the UK (Rutgers University Press, 2021). We are privileged […]

What is the relation between migration research, policy and politics? Is there a role for academics in policy making? Is academic research on migration political, or should it stay away […]

Three members of the Colombian community in England will talk about how they have experienced the wave of social protest and state violence in Colombia that began with the National […]

The prevailing global north construction of childhood as a period of innocence and dependence means that the independent mobility of those deemed to be children (whether in search of pleasure, […]

The (de)Bordering team, co-led by MMB Director Bridget Anderson and funded by the Brigstow Institute, are building a unique meeting place and we need help. If you have been around […]

Please join us for a book launch and debate of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (OUP, 2021) by Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty. This timely new book includes an in-depth analysis […]