An academic Geography workshop relating to the topic of Brexit, taught by an Aberystwyth University lecturer.
AberWorkshops are academic workshops, available in a variety of subjects, delivered by Aberystwyth University experts, conducted face-to-face or virtually.
"The hostile environment: (non-)belonging, Brexit, and borders" - Geography AberWorkshop
This workshop explores the strained attachments European Union citizens have of Britain in recent years. It outlines longstanding and recent policy and legal approaches by the UK state to create a ‘hostile environment’ for migrants. The workshop begins by exploring the different types of migration, and the context of EU migration to the UK. It then moves to focus on the Hostile Environment as a Governmental Policy supported by xenophobic media discourse. It then considers evidence from research into EU citizens’ experience of the 2016 Brexit referendum and its aftermath, as well as the change in their rights. The workshop closes with some more optimistic reflection on how the Hostile Environment is challenged, such as through Wales’ Nation of Sanctuary ambitions.
This workshop is also available through the medium of Welsh.
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