Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network

By Robert Gibb: Reproduced with kind permission.Key areas of interest and expertise

The Network sustains the following areas of interest and expertise:

  • Current thinking on motivations for migration, asylum and refugees, in relation to decisions to move, experiences in Scotland and longer term decisions regarding settlement and/or return.

  • Factors influencing patterns of movement including climate; sustainability; social justice; violence.

  • Cultural, economic, social and political aspects of transnationalism as these relate to both migrants/asylum seekers/refugees and local populations.

  • By Keith Hammond: reproduced with kind permission.Legal and social policy on migration, asylum and refugees in Scotland and in the context of devolution.

  • Health, well-being, social security and care.

  • Narratives of migration, asylum and refugees in art, literature, film, drama etc.

  • Implications for education – schooling, higher and community education.

  • Language, intercultural and linguistic issues, including translation and interpreting.

  • Psychological consequences of migration and asylum. By Bahri Hamza: reprodced with kind permission

  • Implications for faith communities and interreligious dialogue.

  • Implications for security issues and policing.

  • Cross-border migration (including onward migration of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees) between other parts of the UK and Scotland and its implications for talent initiatives and innovation.