The first summer school about migration at the University of Westminster.
About the event
This event brings together more than 100 experts, teachers, PhD candidates, NGOs, including teachers and professionals from the University of Palermo, the Université de Tunis El Manar, the Université de Tunis, the Université de La Manouba, the University of Westminster, University of Granada, Unimed, and the organizations Cooperazione Per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti Onlus (COSPE) and Clinica Legale Per i Diritti Umani (CLEDU).
This is the second Summer School organised by the Erasmus Plus Project MIGRANTS. The first one took place in Granada in July 2022.
The MIGRANTS project intends to reinforce the institution capacity of the Tunisia Higher Education System through a broad multi-stakeholder partnership to enhance the provision of Tunisian higher education and its relevance for the labour market and society.
The London Summer School will be a unique opportunity to share ideas and perspectives on issues related to migration, its management and representation. This will be done through a series of roundtables with speakers from all the international institutions involved on the topics of discourses and representation, human rights and labour. The impact of multiculturalism in London will be celebrated through City Tours in three of the areas affected by migration (Arabic community in Edgware, Chinese community in Soho and French community in Kensington).
A roundtable with doctoral students from the Erasmus Plus Project and the Westminster University research centre HOMELandS will take place on Wednesday 7 September.
On Thursday 8 September, the Summer School will host an Advocacy Roundtable organised in partnership with Migrant Voice around the topic of externalisation of borders that will involve a series of London-based organisations including Amnesty International, Migration Observatory, Migrant Organise, Women for Refugee Women, and others.
The screening of the documentary, Hostile, and a Q&A with director Sonita Gale will close the event. The film focuses on the UK’s complicated relationship with its migrant communities. Told through the stories of four participants from Black and Asian backgrounds, the film focuses on the impact of the evolving ‘hostile environment’ policies, which are designed to make living conditions so difficult for migrants that they voluntarily leave the country.
The entire programme has been organised by the University of Westminster, led by Federica Mazzara, Hayet Bahri, Saskia Huc-Hepher, Rob William and Ailsa Peate, with the support and the collaboration of the partners of the project.
The Summer School does not accept external participants since it is sponsored by the Erasmus Plus Migrants Project and it is reserved to the partners except for the last activity: the screening of Hostile, the documentary of Sonita Gale which is open to the public.
The MIGRANTS partnership is made up of the University of Palermo (Leader), the University of Granada (Spain), the University of Westminster (UK), the University of Tunis El Manar (Tunisia), the University El Manouba (Tunisia), the University of Tunis (Tunisia), the UNIMED Consortium (Union of Mediterranean Universities), the NGO COSPE (Cooperation for the Development of Emerging Countries) and CLEDU (Clinical Legal for Human Rights – Palermo).
How to register for the screening of Hostile
To register for the screening of Hostile on 8 September go to the Eventbrite page.
MIGRANTS is co-financed by the Erasmus Plus Program, managed by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission.
