Report launch: Detention, deportation and separated families 2 June 2021New research led by Dr Melanie Griffiths whilst she was at the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship is being launched on 8th June. The project explores the impact of the UK’s immigration system on mixed-nationality families. Researchers followed 30 couples and families to examine the ways in which their lives were affected by one member’s insecure immigration status and the threat of separation through immigration detention, removal or deportation.
Inhale the Future, Exhale the Past: Music Festivals and Our Park(ed) Lives20 April 2021Images of city-dwellers flocking to urban parks in large, spontaneous gatherings to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and space as we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, prompted us to wonder, if parks were imagined to be the lungs of cities in the early 19th century, what are they today?