The Women Who Migrate for Work
When a mother leaves home for work, what happens to the family she leaves behind? The...
A Year Inside Sintiki: Young Egyptians Trapped in Greece's Deadly Detention Centre
The Sintiki centre sits in Serres, in northern Greece, close to the Bulgarian border. It began as a facility for the temporary reception of asylum seekers. In July 2025, it was converted into a closed detention centre, part of Greece's hardening response to arrivals by sea from North Africa.
Africa’s Creative Economy is Crossing Borders, But its Workers Still Can’t Move Freely
When South African Grammy-winning artist Tyla announced the African leg of her A POP World Tour, Lagos was among the cities where fans expected to see one of the continent’s fastest-rising stars.
No Place to Call Home: Increasing Homophobic & Transphobic Laws in the U.S. & Africa
A network of Christian evangelical organisations has spent nearly two decades and tens of millions of...
₦4 Trillion in Diaspora Fashion Spending—And Why African Brands Can't Access It
The numbers are clear, but they tell a strange story. Approximately 40-50 million Africans live in...
Ceuta: The Regularisation that Launched a Thousand Swimmers
Spain’s offer of legal status was meant for migrants already inside the country. Instead, it sent...
5 Years After Brexit, UK is Stripping Black Europeans of Their Legal Status
In 2021, the Home Office granted him Pre-Settled Status. In 2023, he moved to the UK with his entire family. In 2024, the same Home Office that granted him legal status informed him that it had made a mistake, and he needed to reconfirm his eligibility or risk losing the legal status on which he built his life.
Nigeria Trained Them. Britain Hired Them. Who Pays the Bill?
Every year, Nigeria’s federal government allocates billions of naira to train doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other...
Sent Abroad to Study, Left Abroad to Survive
In September 2024, a Nigerian studying in Serbia under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA)...
Internal Migration is Reshaping Identity and Language Among Nigerian Children
These experiences reflect a growing reality for many Nigerians born far away from their ancestral homes. Internal migration, which means the movement of people from one state or region to another, has reshaped identities, languages and cultural belonging for millions of families.