Migration, mobilities and movement
Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan, editors of 'Landscapes of Hate', respond to the 26 percent rise in hate crimes in the UK, and look at how they are embedded in the fabric of our lives. …Read more
Louise Ryan, the author of Social Networks and Migration, reveals the effect of social networks on migrants in London as they navigate their way in a new society.…Read more
Nando Sigona, one of the authors of Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis', considers the multiple flaws in Rishi Sunak’s ‘five-point plan’ on immigration and its fatal consequences.…Read more
Sukhmani Khorana, author of 'Mediated Emotions of Migration', shows how migrants are routinely dehumanied by politicians and highlights how mainstream media outlets, including the ideologically left-wing, must do better in showing refugees as thinking, feeling subjects with agency.…Read more
Olumba Ezenwa explains cognitive immobility, a mental entrapment that leads to (un)conscious efforts to recreate memories of events or people from the past. For refugees, this can be a major barrier to integration.…Read more
Gary Craig, co-editor of The Modern Slavery Agenda, looks at how Mo Farah revealing his story now has raised public consciousness about slavery.…Read more
Launching their book ‘Social Work with the Black African Diaspora’, Paul Michael Garrett and Washington Marovatsanga call for more expansive and less Eurocentric ways of perceiving the social work task.…Read more
Based on their Journal of Poverty and Social Justice article, Traute Meyer and Paul Bridgen look at the effects of the post-Brexit immigration system on the household incomes of migrant workers.…Read more
Sue Scott and Siddharth Mallavarapu, two of the co-editors in chief of the new non-profit, Open Access Global Social Challenges Journal, discuss the journal's mission, how it speaks to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how it will support researchers in low and middle-income countries.…Read more
This World Refugee Day, Evan Easton-Calabria reveals how, in a quest to foster self-reliance among refugee communities, states and agencies are neglecting to notice that refugees are struggling to survive. …Read more