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Choosing the Shirt: Diaspora, Identity and Football

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The Migration Oxford Podcast
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As the World Cup kicks off, our experts unpack why more European-born players are choosing to represent their parents' and grandparents' homelands, and what this change reveals about identity, belonging and shifting global power

What can football tell us about the politics of migration?

As the World Cup kicks off, our experts unpack why an increasing number of European-born players are choosing to represent their parents' and grandparents' homelands, using Morocco's national team - the Atlas Lions- as a case in point.

What does Morocco's experience reveal about wider trends in football, and what can these changes tell us about identity, belonging and shifting global power?

Listen to find out more  ⚽

Speakers Guests: Myriam Cherti, Senior Researcher at the Global Exchange on Migration based at COMPAS, and Bousetta Hassan, Research Associate at the University of Liège

Hosts: Rob McNeil, Deputy Director and Head of Media and Communications at the Migration Observatory, and Jacqueline Broadhead, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration.

Producer: Kelvin Brown

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Series
The Migration Oxford Podcast
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Myriam Cherti
Bousetta Hassan
Rob McNeil
Jacqueline Broadhead
Keywords
football
world cup
migration
atlas lions
Department: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Date Added: 08/06/2026
Duration: 00:35:53

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