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MRG co-director, together with Brazilian researchers, organises a National Forum on Humanitarian Visas in Brazil

On March 2425, the research team behind the project Mapping Humanitarian Visas in Brazil hosted the National Forum on Humanitarian Visas in Brazil: History, Challenges, and Best Practices in S達o Paulo, Brazil.
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New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over 贈5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
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New book "Urban Marginality, Racialisation, Interdependence"

"Urban Marginality, Racialisation, Interdependence - Learning from Eastern Europe"
Edited By Filip Alexandrescu, Ryan Powell, Ana Vilenica
MRG PGR Conference 2025 - call for paper poster

CfP 2025 PGR Migration Conference

Call for Papers: Reimagining Migration: Decolonisation and identity across time and space | University of Sheffield, 20 June 2025
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MRG members submit evidence to Migration Advisory Committee Consultation on the minimum income requirement for UK partner visas

MRG members, Dr Jonathan Collinson and Dr Patricia Nabuco Martuscelli, with Dr Gemma Manning (University of Huddersfield) collaborated on a joint response to the Migration Advisory Committee Consultation on the minimum income requirement.
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The Irish question

Prof Louise Ryan co-authors timely new article on the Irish Question, with Prof Mary Hickman
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Professor Louise Ryan gives lecture at Dept of Sociology, University College Cork

Returning to her alma mater, in Cork, on 21st January, 2020, Louise presented data from the ESRC-funded study Sustainable Care.
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Dr ukasz Szulc and Dr Andrew Shield discussed sex, race and migrants on hook-up apps

Member of the Migration Research Group at University of Sheffield, Dr ukasz Szulc, joined forces with Assistant Professor at Leiden University, Dr Andrew DJ Shield, to discuss race and queer migrants on hook-up apps.
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Postgraduate and early career researchers come together for a successful cross-faculty event exploring migration and mobility

Postgraduate and early career researchers from a range of academic disciplines at the University of Sheffield and beyond come together at the Humanities Research Institute to engage in a day-long workshop on Migration and Mobility'
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MIGREC project successfully kicks off

Dr Majella Kilkey, Professor Louise Ryan and Dr Aneta Piekut attended the MIGREC Migration, Integration and Governance Research Centre kick-off meeting in Belgrade on 21-22 October 2019.