These pages present some useful materials and ideas and learning and teaching resources for teaching about migration

Useful Organisations – who offer reliable information on migrants and migration can be found at the following links.

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) https://www.iom.int/

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://www.unhcr.org/

Data and statistics

Migration Data Portal https://migrationdataportal.org – the data portal of the international organisation of migration with a range of interactive maps

Fugitives https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/

UNHCR https://www.unhcr.org/uk/emergencies.html UN refugees agency – the ‘emergencies’ area is very good for finding up to date case studies with a range of data, but an emphasis on the harsh, lived experiences of refugees.

Population historical data visuaisation 1951-2016 http://unhcr.github.io/dataviz-population-change/

Origin of migrants https://www.populationpyramid.net/migrants-stock-origin/en/united-states-of-america/2013/

Encyclopedia of Migration https://www.encyclopediaofmigration.org

Our World in data https://ourworldindata.org/

Story maps

Climate migrants: https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2017/climate-migrants/index.html

The uprooted: https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2017/the-uprooted/index.html

Migration: People on the move https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/06b612505e364a0db0cf1324b2d4740b

New Beginnings: my families journey to the North https://uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/d0ed5caaf61099b6619b49473e30ac0c/migration-storymap/draft.html

Global Rural StoryMaps on Migration https://www.global-rural.org/gr_themes/migration/

Intercultural Cities and Refugees https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/story-map-refugees

Videos

Border Controls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TczgCTABII – in 10 minutes Danny Dorling explains clearly why border controls are not inevitable, that a world without borders existed in the past and is possible in the future.

Global Migration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjjB1CtCYhg

News

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/migration – migration related articles, mainly about refugees and asylum seekers

OECD https://www.oecd.org/migration/migration-development/ – exploring the link between international migration and development