London Migration Film Festival

Online in the time of Covid – the online programme is available for six weeks from April 20 2020

London Migration Film Festival is coming to you at this time with a platform hosting a retrospective of some of our favourite films presented in our programme over the past four years. This platform will be accessible online for free. For those who can, we ask that you donate your spare £ € $ to charities and voluntary organisations supporting migrants and refugees through this difficult time.

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Portugal’s response towards migrants in stark contrast with other countries

Juntos vamos ficar bem

Portugal sets an example of how important it is that countries extend their critical services to all residents – regardless of where they were born. Now, more than ever, the health of each nation depends on everyone who is living in it – not just those with a government-issued ID card.

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Coronavirus: Middle East states crack down on media freedom

By Megan O’Toole

‘It will have ramifications for democracy and for a sense of accountability in the times that are going to come – and the times that are going to come are going to be very bad as well’

– Miriyam Aouragh, University of Westminster

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Milano builds 35 km of new cycle paths beginning in May

L’utilizzo della bicicletta a Milano dovrà essere incentivato e fare un salto di qualità, continua Granelli: “Per questo stiamo mettendo in campo un’azione straordinaria di realizzazione di percorsi ciclabili e di Zone 30. Stiamo predisponendo atti e progetti per mettere in strada circa 35 km di nuovi percorsi ciclabili, da aggiungere ai poco più di 200 già esistenti, in un tempo compatibile con l’emergenza”.

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Agency in “forced” returns? A self-reflection exercise

by Maria Shaidrova

There is no better way to understand the turbulences of migration trajectories than to experience them yourself. I was studying the repetitive risk-taking among returnees in Nigeria when I was “returned” myself to a Covid-19 affected Holland. I am still wondering whether I indeed “had” a choice or if returning was “the only option”, considering the conditions I found myself in. These questions sound familiar for us researchers, don’t they? In distressful situations, people tend to search for safety, therefore, “returning ” can be an immediate reaction to confusion.[1] However, this immediate need does not imply “safety” and does not turn “home” into a long-term aspiration.

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What I learned when my husband got sick with corona virus

When the husband of New York Times Magazine deputy editor Jessica Lustig is infected with the virus, her life changes in a matter of hours. In this essay, she describes the impact her husband’s diagnosis has had on the family life she, her 18 year-old daughter and her husband knew.

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Sanitizing around the world

24 Pictures Of Deep Cleaning Around The World

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Spanish taxi driver & hospital staff

Danny Chen: “Such a heart warming clip.

Taxi driver in Spain who has been taking patients to the hospital free of charge got a call to pick up a patient from the hospital. Instead, when he arrived he was greeted by a standing ovation from hospital staff and what I assume is an envelope of money.

Disasters bring out the best and the worst of us. Let’s see more best like this.”

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The corona crisis from a gender perspective

Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS) is opening up a debate.

COVID-19 has strongly gendered effects. This entry offers an overview of some of these effects and their possible short- and long-term consequences. This overview is far from being exhaustive, but rather serves as a starting point for a broader debate among a diverse audience and as a plea for research into the issues raised here.

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