Author: Sophia Burton

Screening

Action Against Hate: Digital Exhibit

The ‘Action Against Hate’ screening in London earlier this month explored the theme of ‘Diversity and Religion’ through artwork and films made by artists and video makers from across Europe, including a Migration Matters video.

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Event

Migration Matters at “Narratives of Migration” Conference

Bernadette Klausberger from the Migration Matters team will be a speaker in the “Migration and mobility narratives in the arts” roundtable on May 11. The panel “considers how a creative producer could construct messages of immigrants and immigration that are humanistic, pluralistic, respectful, reliable and thought provoking while also encouraging audiences to embrace critical lenses”.

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Street Survey

This Election Season: Integration & Diversity

The Treaty of Rome, signed on March 25, 1957, brought together six European countries (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) to work towards integration and economic growth and created a prototype of the European Union as we know it today. But here we are 60 years later, and the question of…

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Street Survey

Which countries host the most refugees?

Since the summer of 2016, a lot has been written about the fact that the term “refugee crisis” – used constantly in the media and politics – suggests that Europe is receiving unprecedented numbers of refugees. We know it is not.

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Street Survey

Your migration questions & concerns

This past February, we set out on a blisteringly cold day to conduct a survey on the streets of Berlin. Here’s what a very international group of passers-by had to say about their concerns on migration and the refugee crisis. Watch to find our their responses!

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Event

Reaching our audience, engaging the public at ICD

Why do we need better, more nuanced information on migration? Because of negative and implicit bias. It’s pervasive, and it’s normal. We founded Migration Matters to counteract the misinformation on immigrants and refugees that we encounter on a daily basis.

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