Article by Elisa KocadagPhoto by Tetiana SHYSHKINA on Unsplash“What’s compelling is looking at them, the way they are dressed. These are prosperous middle-class people. These are not obviously refugees trying to get away from the Middle East” describes a reporter...

Photo by Miko Guziuk on Unsplash Article by Nine Apperry Almost 70% of the world's population lives and evolves along the coasts, which are themselves facing erosion due to global warming. Facing the sea, everyone is concerned about the rising waters. Isle de Jean...

Photo by Robert Paul Jensen on UnsplashBy Molly WalkerOn the 3rd March this year, Britain turned back nine Ukrainian refugees without visas at the British border.[1] Upon returning to Calais, French authorities supported the displaced people with hotel accommodation,...

Photo by Matteo Paganelli on UnsplashBy Aaminah AzoorHow do we construct what a migrant looks like? Is it the stereotypical adult male of ethnic background, speaking a language that we do not understand? Is it a veiled woman cradling her newborn baby? Or is it a...

Photo by Bank Phrom on UnsplashBy Lucy CuffThe identity of migrants and refugees have been reduced to merely faceless narratives, used to vivify the media. “UK immigration crisis”, [1]The Sun. “illegal immigrants”,[2] The Mirror. “Migrants could be electronically...

Photo by Caroline Hernandez on UnsplashBy Paul UnterbergMobility is an inherent element of humanity and inevitably affects the past, present and future.Immigration shapes the history of Germany. Since its founding in 1871, mass immigration processes around WWII have...

Photo by AbsolutVision on UnsplashBy Yanna ReesThe leading incentive of media platforms is to create profit for their company, and this can come at the expense of misrepresenting particular groups of people in order to appeal to certain demographics. Sakellari (2019)...

Photo by Moayad Zaghdani on UnsplashBy Eliana RIley-GuiuAround 2.6 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of it’s invasion on the 24th of February earlier this year. Threatened by ground invasions and military air strikes, the people of Ukraine had no choice...

Photo by Miko Guziuk on UnsplashBy Roisin GlancyMigration has been a resounding factor of postmodernity however the way in which society perceive migration and migrants has been notoriously problematic. Despite the motives for migrants to move to host countries...

Photo by Alexander Andrews on UnsplashBy Mia ZgonjaninOn the 24th of June 2016, upon hearing the long-awaited result of the Brexit referendum, I watched my mother break down into tears. My mum is not a migrant from the EU, her migration to this country in 1992 was a...