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Building belonging: Migrant integration in the UK

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The Migration Oxford Podcast
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The integration of newcomers is important for broader community cohesion. But what does it take in practice to build communities where everyone can contribute, participate and thrive, and why is this a two-way process?

The effective integration of newcomers, a key aspect of migration management, is important for broader community cohesion.

But what does it take in practice to build communities where everyone can contribute, participate and thrive? And why should integration be understood as a two-way process?

Our guest speakers use the example of supporting migrants arriving in Oxfordshire, as part of their work with Migrant Voices Collective for the Oxfordshire Migration Partnership, to consider how approaches to integration could be improved at a local level to better foster belonging and benefit the community.

Speakers:
Dr Beacon Mbiba, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
Philip Thorpe, Independent Migration Consultant

Hosts: Sanne van Oosten, Senior Research at COMPAS and Rob McNeil, Deputy Director and Head of Media and Communications at the Migration Observatory and

Producer: Kelvin Brown

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Series
The Migration Oxford Podcast
People
Beacon Mbiba
Philip Thorpe
Keywords
migration
belonging
community
migrant voices collective
Department: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Date Added: 29/09/2026
Duration: 00:27:49

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