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...asylum-seekers – according to the 1951 Refugee Convention, someone who changes their country of usual residence ‘from fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, social group, or political opinion’. Figures on migration into the UK vary from year to year, and the UK Government’s decision to set migration targets has been contentious (GOV.UK, 2021a). To set...

...refugee crisis, which revealed notable differences between eastern and western Europe and between states and EU institutions. Brexit was just the latest blow to ever closer union, albeit a highly symbolic one. Since the Brexit referendum, for the first time the EU has become a project that both enlarges and shrinks simultaneously; that deepens integration in some policy...

...refugee camp in Lesvos in the summer of 2016. They decided to work together with refugees in the camp to tell the story of the refugee experiences in new ways. The result was Dialogues Across Borders, an interactive exhibition sparked from the friendships forged blurring the boundaries between refugees, volunteers and artists. Dialogues Across Borders questions and...

...refugee, Alan Kurdi, lying drowned on a Greek beach arguably changed the European migration debate in 2015. Transcript Smartphone cameras have democratised photography. Wherever there are protests, conflicts and wars, the smartphone camera has become instrumental. Protests captured on camera can spark public debate and help trigger political change – as was the case...

...refugee camps in France. Steve asks why the organisers chose central London as the starting point for the protest and why the protest took this form. Transcript Transcript Steve Pile (SP): We’ve come to central London today, because the Stop the War Coalition has organised a protest about the refugee situation in the Mediterranean. We’ve come to see the protest and to...