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...refugee influx of 2015 and 2016. The party’s response to Merkel’s open door policy has rendered it almost unrecognisable from the one that Bernd Lucke and his fellow euroscpetics founded in April 2013. Fishing on the right For one thing, a number of AfD politicians use firebrand rhetoric the type of which modern Germany has not heard before. Frauke Petry, arguably the...

...asylum seekers (the largest group currently in detention), stateless persons, children and people who arrived in the UK as children and it even played a role in the Windrush scandal. It’s now time for arbitrary immigration detention to stop, along with the assumption that people can be excluded from British society unless they can prove otherwise. 5. Hold open...

...a right to your nationality and that the state will protect you, however, we hear from Ruth Barnett, a Jewish refugee, and Moazzam Begg, an ex-Guantanamo detainee, about the stark realities. Perspective: Is citizenship nationality? In a roundtable discussion about citizenship, our experts discuss nationality from an activism point of view, and a theoretical standpoint....

...into shared ground through urgent solidarity”. You will then have the opportunity to explore how those interactions were complemented, during the event, by interactive aspects that invited public audiences to take part and to reflect on their own civic positioning, identity, and ethical responsibility towards aspects of citizenship, migration and the refugee crisis....

...refugees put their lives in peril on the sea. Looking for the smugglers Ahmed is in Calais - but having crossed mainland Europe, he needs assistance to complete the last stage of his journey. Leaving Kabul Ali and his sisters are leaving their home in Kabul and heading for Turkey. It's time to say goodbye to the only life they've known. At the camp We catch up again with...

...asylum has been of grave concern for a long, long time. The increased criminalisation of this group is well documented, as is the adverse impact of inadequate welfare, destitution, no right to work, and inconsistent decision making on part of the Home Office. Whilst a growing number of individuals are left in limbo, the government has actively promoted destitution as a...

...asylum in the UK. This is a conversation and reflections on the film, between its creator, Alia Syed, and Open University academics Sara de Jong, Umut Erel and Olga Jurasz. Olga: Alia what inspired you to make On a Wing and a Prayer? Alia: I had been asked by Goldsmiths’ Methods Lab to respond to John Berger’s book A Seventh Man, which is a portrait of guest workers...