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MRG PGR Conference 2025 organising team
MRG 2025 Conference organising team: Said Zaaneen, Amelia (Millie) Hind, Andrew Hughes, Ella Monkcom, Sarah Hill, Yifan Bao.

MRG PGR Conference 2025

Celebrating success of our international PGR conference on reimagining migration
Nicola Lero portrait photo

New Publication by MRG Member Nikola Lero

The article explores the power and complexity of poetry workshops in migration research
Dr Rafał Soborski and Dr Anna Jochymek during workshop discussion.
Dr Rafał Soborski and Dr Anna Jochymek during workshop discussion.

Ethics of studying far-right and anti-immigration groups

Post-workshop reflections from MRG community
Doodle prepared on the basis of workshop discussion: Friends of Windrush Square neighbourhood plan
Produced by the graphic facilitator and cartoonist Pen Mendonça as part of the neighbourhood forum workshops. See here for more of Pen's work: https://www.penmendonca.com/

Reclaiming Windrush Square

Brixton community charts future of public space - report from organisers of participatory workshops
Sarli Nana

Reporting from the Yorkshire Solidarity Summit

On Saturday 26th April people gathered at Victoria Hall for the Yorkshire Solidarity Summit.

A small boat crossing the sea, in the background a much larger military or security type vessel can be seen.

New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
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Migration researchers from across the university come together in exciting cross-faculty initiative

The Migration Research Group (MRG), the ‘Hub’ Migration of the Department of History (History Migration Hub) and the Medieval and Ancient Research Centre of the University of ºù«Ӱҵ (MARCUS) hosted a workshop on ‘Conceptions of migration’.
Majella Kilkey

Dr. Majella Kilkey Publishes New Book: Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility
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Migration Research @ ºù«Ӱҵ partner in a Jean Monnet Network