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Research project run by @QMULGeography, @SOAS and @IOE_London staff about the impact of Covid-19 in the experiences of diverse migrant communities in the UK.

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📢Join us! for Connecting AFTER Covid📢, our project's final event. We will share insights into the pandemic experiences of UK's diverse migrant communities and explore ways forward to support recovery and navigate future change. Details and RSVP at: eventbrite.com/e/connecting-…
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Live and direct from Glasgow🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Along with @UniofNewcastle colleagues @robinnfinlay & @hopkinspeter1, we're hosting a special workshop bringing together 2 research projects examining the impact of the pandemic on asylum seekers, refugees & wider communities of migrant origins
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📢 We have released our *first policy brief* 📢 📖 Read on to explore key findings of the economic, social & health-related impacts of #COVID19 on migrant communities, the type of support found by migrants & our important policy recommendations 🔗 bit.ly/3wPORcj
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Our @cdc_uk_ policy brief providing findings & recommendations of our research with the Somali community in Cardiff is now available: qmul.ac.uk/geog/media/geogra… We're so grateful to the community for welcoming & working with us on this! We hope it will lead to concrete results!
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A big thanks to everyone present in our advocacy workshop for the Somali community in Cardiff yesterday! And a shout out to the Grangetown Educational Centre for partnering with us in this important event 🙏 You can find our research brief here: bit.ly/3qAuWdg
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@changeunited2 @huwthomas_wales @alunmichael @aliabdi_ @grangecardiff thank you, we learned a lot from you 😊
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A great evening with our Somalian community understanding their experiences during the pandemic. Joined by @Jas_Roberts10 @cdc_uk_ @CV_UHB @SuzRankin looking forward to connecting with you again
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@cdc_uk_ Absolute pleasure to part of this amazing event discussing the impact of #COVID19 on the Somali community. Great to hear from @alunmichael and @huwthomas_Wales
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Really important research on the impact covid-19 has had on the Somali community. Enjoyed listening and learning!
Kicking off our first of many advocacy workshops. Today we are back in Cardiff at @WCIA_Wales where we’ll be discussing the experiences of the Somali community during the Covid 19 pandemic. Take a look at our schedule 👇
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It’s an honour to have @alunmichael with us this evening discussing with the Cardiff Somali community how to create opportunity coming out of the pandemic.
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Great to be hearing from @huwthomas_Wales speaking about the impact of Covid on the Somali community in Cardiff 👍🏽 ‘Changing the dialogue when is comes to racism in the community’ #Notoracism
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Kicking off our first of many advocacy workshops. Today we are back in Cardiff at @WCIA_Wales where we’ll be discussing the experiences of the Somali community during the Covid 19 pandemic. Take a look at our schedule 👇
🗓️Date for the diary: 9th March, 5.30-7pm GMT @AnnaCLindley & @Kavita_Datta17 will be presenting "migrants' remittance pattern in a context of a mobile global crisis/crises: Interrogating the discourse of resilience" 📋Register: bit.ly/34h6BBq Join us IRL or Zoom
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📝 Read our most recent Community Spotlight Workshop report to learn more about the opportunities & limitations involved in digital remittance sending practices during the #COVID19 pandemic ➡️ bit.ly/3KdHa3S
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Last week, we had our 2nd Community Spotlight Workshop with industry & community stakeholders, focusing on opportunities and limitations posed by Covid in digital remittance practices. We learned a lot from our collaborators, thanks for joining @leon_dma @isaacs_poppy @Dahabshil
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📢We are organising our 2nd Community Spotlight Workshop, focusing on the opportunities and limitations that digitisation poses for remitters. 🤳👥💡 🗨️Some of the key questions are: Was there a shift to digital remittances during the pandemic? Are they sustainable? 🧵 (1/2)
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🗓️The event is on the 25th and we welcome any industry representatives, community organisers and researchers who are interested in joining us! 📲✉️Please get in touch if are keen to learn more about this topic and/or share your insights with us 🧵 (2/2)
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