UNFILTERED: With Nando Sigona and April-Louise Pennant

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Channel: University of Birmingham · 2018 · Education

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In this second episode of 'UNFILTERED', we invite two of our migration and identity experts to discuss a current topic over a coffee. 

The 22 June marks 70 years since the arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury docks. Fast forward to today, three generations later, the Windrush scandal is a stark reminder of this contested history of settlement, integration and exclusion throwing into question what Britishness really means.

Dr Nando Sigona, Reader in International Migration and Forced Displacement, and Doctoral Researcher April-Louise Pennant discuss, "What does it mean to be British?"

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