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Black, African and Afro-descendant communities have been part of the Iberian Peninsula’s social history for centuries. Yet these histories remain largely absent from dominant narratives of Spanish nation-building, where Blackness is still often understood as external to the nation rather than as part of its longer history.

Black, African and Afro-descendant communities have been part of the Iberian Peninsula’s social history for centuries. Yet these histories remain largely absent from dominant narratives of Spanish nation-building, where Blackness is still often understood as external to the nation rather than as part of its longer history.

Haunting the black Mediterranean: Black, African and Afro-descendant women’s everyday lives in Spain

By Samantha Nyakundi

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In late March 2026, while travelling through the dense roads of Karachi toward Garden, I passed the junction between Clayton Road and Aga Khan III Road.

In late March 2026, while travelling through the dense roads of Karachi toward Garden, I passed the junction between Clayton Road and Aga Khan III Road.

Songs from a burning harmonium: Sonic archives of survival

By Nayma Ahmed Ali

1 day ago

I was eleven years old when war entered my life in a way that could no longer be ignored.

I was eleven years old when war entered my life in a way that could no longer be ignored.

Returning through the wound: Refugeetude, memory, and relational justice

By Nathalie Lozano Neira

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In the summer of 2022, as buses carrying migrants began arriving in New York from Texas and Arizona, advocates gathered to think ahead.

In the summer of 2022, as buses carrying migrants began arriving in New York from Texas and Arizona, advocates gathered to think ahead.

Localising migration governance: The case for cities as governance actors

By Camille Mackler

2 days ago

A car in a small driveway

A car in a small driveway

The possibility of a migrant backyard

By Nikola Lero

2 days ago

Manoomin, a more-than-human relative and plant teacher

Manoomin, a more-than-human relative and plant teacher

Haitian-U.S. migration-manoomin epistemology: What can we learn about inter-species kinship?

By Lidia K Garcia Berrelleza

2 days ago

When discussions of forced migration enter public debate, they often begin with numbers:

When discussions of forced migration enter public debate, they often begin with numbers:

Who speaks for forced migration? Epistemic justice and the politics of knowledge production

By Israa Elkhalil

2 days ago

How many times have we heard phrases such as “send them back” or “they can now go back” since the fall of Assad on 8 December 2024?

How many times have we heard phrases such as “send them back” or “they can now go back” since the fall of Assad on 8 December 2024?

Justice without return? Rethinking transitional justice and return in post-Assad Syria

By Iliana Moridou

2 days ago

A fence by a river

A fence by a river

When helping migrants becomes a crime

By Leonard Nalbantis

2 days ago

A scene from Thaqira Muthaqaba (“Perforated Memory”), performed by Sudanese artists in Cairo in 2024, reflecting the fractured experience of displacement through movement and silence. Photo courtesy of Ramon Magdy.

A scene from Thaqira Muthaqaba (“Perforated Memory”), performed by Sudanese artists in Cairo in 2024, reflecting the fractured experience of displacement through movement and silence. Photo courtesy of Ramon Magdy.

After the stage falls: Reimagining Sudanese theatre in exile

By Khadiga Mustafa

2 days ago

The first flash flood came early that year, weeks before the paddy was ready for harvest. Piyara, a woman in her forties from a haor village in Sunamganj, in Bangladesh's north-eastern wetlands, remembers watching the water climb over the embankment and swallow a season's labour in a single night.

The first flash flood came early that year, weeks before the paddy was ready for harvest. Piyara, a woman in her forties from a haor village in Sunamganj, in Bangladesh's north-eastern wetlands, remembers watching the water climb over the embankment and swallow a season's labour in a single night.

Gendered dimensions of climate-induced migration in Sunamganj, Bangladesh haor wetlands

By Nahin Naznin

2 days ago

In a corridor of the Turkish consulate in Geneva, a fellow election observer told me, almost proudly, that he had just flown back from Istanbul with a piece of home in his suitcase: kokoreç, the spiced street food made from lamb intestines, not permitted by Swiss customs and smuggled through anyway.

In a corridor of the Turkish consulate in Geneva, a fellow election observer told me, almost proudly, that he had just flown back from Istanbul with a piece of home in his suitcase: kokoreç, the spiced street food made from lamb intestines, not permitted by Swiss customs and smuggled through anyway.

Carrying home: A linden tree’s journey from village to Gecekondu to abroad

By Melisa Elçin Özçelikel

2 days ago

Two mothers helping a boy with a puzzle

Two mothers helping a boy with a puzzle

Migrating care: Reimagining autism support through caregiver justice

By Bolu Olaniru

2 days ago

Fragments of unity

Fragments of unity

This land was always ours: Queerness, colonial homophobia, and the forced migration of LGBTQ+ Africans

By Babatunde-Tribe Akande

2 days ago

School Indonesia

School Indonesia

‘I can play football at school but not at home’: Refugees, schooling, and lived citizenship in Indonesia

By Arwanto

2 days ago

Brazilian nurses in Germany: The hidden costs of the search for a better life

Brazilian nurses in Germany: The hidden costs of the search for a better life

Brazilian nurses in Germany: The hidden costs of the search for a better life

By Anastácia Sena de Arruda

2 days ago

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