Dr Bashàïr Ahmed, Shabaka, and Professor Paul Statham, Editor in Chief, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies In Sudan, Emergency Response Rooms coordinated the distribution of food and medicine supplies in neighbourhoods to places where international agencies could not access…
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Introducing the Nafeer Community Knowledge Lab: A New Partnership for Community-Led Knowledge
Tagged with: global South, Knowledge production, migration research, Nafeer Community Lab, Red Sea Researchers Network
Posted in Migration Research
Posted in Migration Research
When “return” does not last: internal displacement in Lebanon from 2024 to 2026
Cristina El Khoury, postgraduate researcher University of Geneva and former SCMR Visiting fellow, 2025 9 March 2026: 700,000 people are displaced across Lebanon. Behind this number lies a familiar yet devastating pattern: families leaving southern towns in the middle of the night,…
Damned if you do, damned if you boat
Dr Ceri Oeppen, Co-Director of SCMR Two days ago, the British Government announced it would halt student visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan (and for Afghans, skilled work visas too). The Government claims that students from these…
The Bitter Duality of Winter: Kabul’s Snow and the Frozen Dreams of an Afghan Child
Dr Naimat Zafary, Department of International Development, University of Sussex. Last week, Kabul was transformed into a landscape of pristine white. The Afghan capital, Kabul, , draped in a heavy blanket of snow, sparked a wave of nostalgia and celebration across social media. Citizens shared vibrant…
Posted in Migration Comments
SCMR and Sussex University of Sanctuary tribute to Richard Williams
It is with deep sadness that we share this tribute to Richard Williams, a longstanding member and friend of the Sussex Sanctuary and Migration research community. Richard was a specialist independent consultant with an in-depth knowledge of UK and EU…
Posted in Academic Life, Migration Comments
Borders, belonging and ballots: the electoral marginalization of self-settled refugees in Tanzania
Leonard Chimanda, Postgraduate Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences: School of Law Until refugees acquire the nationality of the host state or return to their states of origin, several years can pass. In that period, what are the avenues of political voice…
Displaced Before the Strike: Evacuation Warnings and Anticipatory Displacement in Lebanon
Hucen Sleiman, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. As of 9 March 2026, around 700,000 people are displaced across Lebanon, fleeing bombardment in the south, Beirut’s southern suburbs, and parts of the Bekaa Valley to seek refuge further…
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