Migrants: The Story of Us All

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From Neanderthals, to the Ancient Greeks, to the African slave trade, to modern migrants, Migration shows us that it is only by understanding how migration and migrants have been viewed in the past, that we can re-set the terms of the modern-day debate about migration. In this guest blog Olivia Bridge considers the contribution EU nationals have made to the museum sector, and what impact the UK’s withdrawal from the EU may have on the culture and heritage industries.

This book serves as a poignant reminder of the shared struggles and resilience that define our common humanity.Working with communities and individuals, we are exploring the nature and importance of personal keepsakes in telling migration stories. Alone of the peoples of the ancient Aegean, wrote Plato, the children of Athens could claim to be autochthonous, earth-born, living always in one place, ‘truly dwelling in the land’. Shorsh’s display in the art studio inside the exhibition reveals a range of delightful artistic practices, from miniature paintings, installations to carpet weaving. There is a dearth of information about how many people have died on the treacherous route across the Sahara desert, but testimonies collected by Oxfam chronicle the horrors suffered along the way. A guest post from Iqbal Wahhab OBE FRSA, founder of London restaurants The Cinnamon Club and Roast and Distinguished Friend of the Migration Museum, who was born in 1963 in Rajshahi, and moved to London before his first birthday.

What prompted Cornish emigrants to build new lives and communities in Mexico during the 19th century – and what were some of the unexpected legacies of this migration on both sides of the Atlantic? The reason for the absence of anything but a small handful of MPs was not given, so we could only speculate: XR as well? Along the way, Miller dispels some popular myths, such as the idea that the Neanderthals were less intelligent than modern humans. Over the past year, young people from across Lewisham have been designing exhibits responding to what migration means to them as part of Moving Stories: Lewisham, a creative competition we ran during Borough of Culture, supported by Landsec. Once they have arrived in Agadez, young migrants must remain hidden, locked in houses without bathrooms or access to drinking water.Every day, thousands of people undertake a perilous journey to seek refuge and protection in a country other than their own. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our Cookie Policy.

It forces you to acknowledge this fact when having discussions about modern-day migration and equips you to approach this subject with more information, and more importantly, with empathy and humility. There is value in it, even if only to encourage you to stay open-minded to new ideas about things that you might think you already know everything about. Mukti Jain Campion speaks to historians William Dalrymple, Professor Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Dr Kate Teltscher and to Gurminder Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies at the University of Sussex, to find out more about the Company men who went to India and how their actions brought profound change for both Britain and India.In May 1865, 153 men, women and children set sail from Liverpool to travel to the other side of the world. With each page, this book demonstrates that migration is at the core of human history, a feature rather than a bug, and that essentially all humans are migrants. The story is powerfully told, each illustration showing the migrants accepting each other and working together to try to survive and reach safety, highlighting the irrelevance of difference as they work for a common goal.

They take your phone and anything of value, plus they make you pay between 10 and 15 francs, and if you don't have it you go to prison. It is thoughtful and possibly the best antidote to racism and hatred of all those who are “different”. Episode 4: Emigration and Enslavement The 17th century colonisation of North America and the Caribbean by emigrants from the British Isles was, almost from its beginning, dependent on the brutal forced transatlantic migration of millions of enslaved African people. This installation is my own unique perspective on growing up in Lewisham as the child of parents from the Windrush generation, reflecting on the places and the forgotten heroes of Lewisham’s past and present that have shaped my life. The illustrations are stunning, portraying a group of people as animals, finding their way in the dark, unsignposted, sheltering where they can in the trees and on the beach.In this guest post, Dr Trotter reveals the fascinating real-life story of the woman featured in the painting: Mrs Elizabeth Fouracre. The majority transited through Agadez, the last city in the north before starting their journey across the desert to reach the Libyan cost. The first human settlers in Britain migrated here about 25,000 years ago and more immigrants close immigrant A person who arrives from another country. If you follow humanity through deep time, our settlement of the almost the entire planet looks very much like manifest destiny and we’ll all surely end up on Mars tomorrow.