New museum puts migration at heart of Britain’s national story (26/04/2017)
The Migration Museum at The Workshop, opening in London today (Wednesday 26 April 2017), will fill a clear gap in our cultural landscape at a critical moment for Britain.
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The Hindu – London’s Migration Museum holds up a mirror to the UK (24/04/2017)
The project aims to provide context to frenzied political debate.
Evening Standard – UK’s first migration museum opening in Lambeth ‘aims to equal Ellis Island’ (05/04/2017)
‘The museum will open this month and explore how the movement of people has shaped British history.’
Oromo family, Brighton, 2007
An Oromo family visit the seaside in Brighton where they have been resettled, having come to the UK as refugees from Ethiopia under the UK Government Gateway Protection Programme. The family had been identified by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, as vulnerable while living in Kakuma camp in northern Kenya.