Shahadat is from Bangladesh but is now British. Valeria is Italian and moved to the UK from Mexico after Brexit. Leonardo was born in London in 2018. He is a “Brexit baby”, she says. Portraits of EU families in London is a participatory photo project linked to the ESRC-funded EU families and ‘Eurochildren’ in Brexiting…
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“Dad, what does incompetent mean?”: Portraits of EU families in the shadow of Brexit
Mirela left Croatia in 1991 because of the civil war. Frank grew up in Ireland at the time of The Troubles. Both are worried Brexit has lacerated British society. Daughters Fay and Aine-Daisy are also worried by the incompetence of “the guys in office”. Portraits of EU families in London is a participatory photo project…
“If you are Black and immigrant, Brexit hasn’t changed how you feel in Britain. It was bad, it still is”, French Cameroonian Thomas explains.
“Because he’s black, and I’m white, Brexit doesn’t feel the same”, Thomas is French and Cameroonian and wants to become British, while Sonia who is French doesn’t see the point. Meanwhile their daughter Zoe is British and French, and son Leo is just French. Portraits of EU families in London is a participatory photo project…
“There is a lesson for us all to learn…”: Portraits of EU families in London
Diversity if a fact of life in London. But things can change and we shouldn’t be complacent.
“The future looks volatile even in London’s bubble”: Portraits of EU families in London
Italian academic Gianluca and Russian architect Veronika struggle to imagine a long-term future for their family in the UK.
“Lexit is not a bad idea”: Portraits of EU families in London in the shadow of Brexit
To mark this year’s International Day of Families, we are releasing the first of a series of audio and photo portraits of EU families living in London. The portraits, we will release one or two a week until the end of June, stem from a participatory photo research project that aims to capture a glimpse…
Say fromage! Portraits of EU families at the time of Brexit: Call of participants
Brexit is changing the position of Britain in Europe and impacting on the lives of millions of EU nationals living in the UK. Our project is focusing in particular on families and children. The aim of the photo project is to portrait the diversity of EU families living in London and how they are coping…
Recasting ‘us’ and ‘them’? Short video about the project
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Divorcing after over 40 years of marriage – even if a slightly difficult one, partly of interest, partly of necessity – is never easy. Freedom of movement has allowed millions of people to move from one country to another and with it have come friendships, relationships, new families being formed…
Brexit, net migration and Eurochildren
The UK’s Office for National Statistics has released its quarterly update on net migration. This time the figure, 248,000, the lowest level for nearly three years, is ‘favourable’ for the government. But what does ‘favourable’ really mean? Theresa May’s decision to keep net migration in the Tory manifesto as the benchmarch for the success or…
