Migration Mobilities Bristol

How do we shift public debate about migration? What helps and what derails dialogue on this urgent matter?

Come along to MMB's interactive workshop 'Reframing Conversations' on 11th May to explore and experiment with new ways of talking about migration that are imaginative, constructive and engaging 👉👉 'Reframing Conversations: MMB Interactive Workshop' https://bit.ly/4mU1rza

'Why bother researching migration?' - the latest in our 'Reframing Conversations' series. Bridget Anderson argues for the ongoing importance of migration research for opening new political imaginaries and solidarities - these can transform our societies and lead to greater social justice and inclusion for all. Read the full post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4cUrQcE

'Is it racist to be worried about immigration?' In the second blog of our series on 'Reframing Conversations' Bridget Anderson delves into the complex, sticky and uncomfortable relationship between race and nationalism that underpins a widespread vocabulary about migration in the UK. Read the full post here 👇👇
https://bit.ly/4rOvAAI

Great to see the BBC covering the Brexit Couples research report, co-authored by MMB member Professor Katharine Charsley. The new visa requirements for UK-EU couples following Brexit have led to family separations and trauma. Couples face an 'arduous, stressful and draining' process to stay together. Read the full article here 👉👉

Report shows UK-EU couples face 'arduous' system post-Brexit A study finds post-Brexit visa requirements for EU nationals has led to separations and trauma.

'How migrants are reimagining human rights – and why it matters' – Marco Perolini writes in the MMB blog about migrant-led movements that are challenging border enforcement and reimagining human rights to achieve border and racial justice. Read the full post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/47hTehy

An excellent piece in The Conversation by MMB member Travis Van Isacker about the conclusions of the Cranston inquiry: 'Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s "systemic failure" – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained'

Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s ‘systemic failure' – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained An independent inquiry found ‘systemic’ failures that led to the deadliest Channel crossing.

'Why does the UK government spend so much money on "asylum hotels"?' – MMB Director Bridget Anderson starts our new blog series on 'Reframing Conversations' with this post on the housing crisis in the UK.

Migration matters, but it can also simultaneously obscure and expose the broader, structural pressures experienced by contemporary societies. This series explores how we can reframe public conversations towards shared issues and away from divisions produced by partial and sensationalised narratives. More posts to come! Read the first one here: 👉👉

Why does the UK government spend so much money on ‘asylum hotels’? – Migration Mobilities Bristol Why does the UK government spend so much money on ‘asylum hotels’? Posted on February 9, 2026February 9, 2026 by Emily Reframing Conversations: An MMB Blog Series and Workshop Migration matters, but it can also simultaneously obscure and expose the broader pressures experienced by contemporary s...

If you're in Manchester on 12th Feb do go along to this lecture by MMB Director Bridget Anderson on 'Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship' - a topic more timely than ever. More info and a link to register here 👉👉
https://bit.ly/49L5nvO

MMB's latest blog post published today, looks back over 2025 and ahead to what we have in store this year. Do take a look and let us know if you have any ideas for ways we can work together! https://bit.ly/4bw6xhb

'By denying safe routes and pushing people into danger, states weaponize nature, outsourcing death to environmental conditions.' In the MMB blog, Marielys Padua Soto explains how the environment has become a necropolitical actor in global border regimes. Whether desert, jungle or ocean, she writes, states delegate violent force to these lethal landscapes while maintaining plausible deniability. Read the full post here 👉👉 https://bit.ly/4pevm4N

Vigilante bordering in South Africa is recasting public services as checkpoints of belonging. Hospitals and school gates have become borders across two provinces. Enocent Nemuramba writes in the MMB blog about the implications for immigrant rights protection as a growing force of self-appointed vigilantes takes it upon themselves to exclude non-citizens 👉👉https://bit.ly/48XRlru