Migrants: The Story of Us All

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That the legend of Brutus was a ninth century fantasy concocted by a Welsh monk named Nennius – with the aim of affirming a British place in the club of civilisations – need not concern us. In my home town of Totnes, in Devon, I have a constant migrant reminder: a small stone set in a wall at the side of our main street, allegedly marks the spot where Brutus, the original exile and legendary founder of Britain, first landed and settled here; a town where today we welcome refugees from the Middle and Far East to live and settle. This is a guest blog by photographer Tim Smith, a long-standing friend of the Migration Museum Project and contributor to our 100 Images of Migration exhibition. Miller adopts a value-free approach to the term 'migrant', which encompasses a diverse range of people including colonial adventurers, West African slaves, and Jewish refugee communities. But something much deeper, more fundamental, about who we are as human beings… Some of us are very vocal on the subject.

In this sign-off blog post, he explains why the idea of a national Migration Museum for Britain resonates so strongly with him. the Reformation close Reformation The 16th century religious revolution that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches. The theme for this year’s International Migrants Day in the UK is “I Am A Migrant”, and there is no better way to mark the day than by foregrounding voices of lived experience.In May 1865, 153 men, women and children set sail from Liverpool to travel to the other side of the world.

He explores how in France and Britain post-war migration became entangled with the slow bloody collapse of both countries’ empires and notes how migration affected the transition from British Empire to the Commonwealth with a section devoted to the travails of the Windrush generation who came to Britain from the Caribbean. These include the Norman Conquest, the Hundred Years' War close Hundred Years' War From 1337 to 1453, wars between the rulers of England and France over who controlled France. Journey through a series of rooms in which the struggles, joys, creativity and resilience of living in a new land are brought to life through audio, films, photographs and personal objects. With its stark dearth of color, seen only where necessary, and evocative imagery, the artist’s pictures make the migrant’s journey — distinct yet everyday — feel palpable.

Aaron Wilkes and Shalina Patel discuss how effective teaching of migration can enrich your Key Stage 3 curriculum, with insights from Liberty Melly and Tia Shah from the learning team at the Migration Museum. WALL, currently on display at The Migration Museum, is directly painted onto two separate surviving segments of the Berlin Wall by contemporary artists STIK and Thierry Noir. What really upsets settled people is the reminder that, long ago, their kind chose to live an urban life and became less as a consequence: less wily, less tough, less resilient. Mukti Jain Campion hears from two former child migrants who were sent to Australia in the early 1950s without their parents’ consent. 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.