Rebordering Britain & Britons after Brexit

Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit is an innovative research project exploring the long-term impacts of Brexit on migration between the EU and UK to uncover what this reveals about Britain’s migration story and future.

About the Project

The MIGZEN Blog

15 November 2022

The UK's Refugee 'Invasion' is a Brexit-made Policy Failure

According to the Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s recent statement in the House of Commons, the UK is facing ‘an invasion’. But, Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson write in this piece for The Political Quarterly, Braverman’s invading army is not made of soldiers but a few thousand people who have reached the British shores irregularly, crossing the Channel by small boat in the absence of alternative safe and legal routes.

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“In London, I Am a European Citizen”: Brexit, Emotions, and the Politics of Belonging - hot off the press & open access

London hosts by far the largest population of non-national EU citizens in Europe. It is also home to roughly one-third of the entire EU citizen population living in the UK. Does place matter to how EU citizens experienced Brexit?

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12 January 2023

Who is breaking the UK asylum system?

Rishi Sunak's five point plan on immigration is a mix of not-so-new ideas, wishful thinking and legally dubious interventions, writes Nando Sigona in this piece for Transforming Society

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13 October 2022

"We still love EU": Feelings of attachment to the European Union are still running high among EU nationals in the UK and British nationals in the EU

New MIGZEN Research Brief reveals enduring attachment to the EU among British nationals living in the EU and EU nationals in the UK six years after the Brexit referendum

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First issue of the MIGZEN newsletter launched

We have launched our first newsletter in which you can learn more about the MIGZEN project, find out what we have been up to over the last year, and subscribe for upcoming editions.

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Mapping social science research on Brexit and migration

Research on Brexit and Migration

Searchable database of peer-reviewed journal articles on Brexit and migration.

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