Immigration and migration, and the issues that surround them, have become symbolic of the 21st century.
Research shows that children who speak more than one language have an advantage over their monolingual playmates when it comes to communication...
An epic new history of England offers some eye-catching conclusions on Englishness – suggesting, among other things, that a “remarkable” level of...
Chinese migrant workers in Japan are more than passive victims of difficult work conditions and are able to use their own networks and provide mutual...
The diet and journeys taken by those who lived in the Sahara Desert thousands of years ago are being analysed through their teeth and bones.
Researchers from the Institute of Criminology reveal that many women trafficked into the UK who commit crime under duress are imprisoned without...
The fate of migrants moving to cities in 17th- and 18th-century England demonstrates how a single pathogen could dramatically alter the risks...
Most of the moves we make are within 5 km of our previous addresses, yet these short migrations are highly significant within individual lives. New...
New research from the Department of Sociology is looking at how rhetoric and policy shape immigrant identities, attitudes and behaviour in Europe.
People trafficking is a billion-dollar business with a history that spans centuries. A new study identifies the beginnings of the modern trafficker...
Shana Cohen and Ed Kessler discuss how individuals of different ethno-religious backgrounds in Europe can learn to trust each other, and how...
We live in a multilingual society. More than a million children attending British schools speak more than 360 languages between them in addition to...
The genome of a child who died some 12,600 years ago in Montana – the oldest known human remains from North America – has been sequenced for the...
