Meet a Migrant

Meet a Migrant

Our pioneering Meet a Migrant project was launched in 2015, bringing our work to a new level.

The project brought together migrants and journalists from mainstream media in Glasgow, Birmingham, and London in face-to-face meetings to engage in in-depth conversation. Each facilitated meeting addressed a topical issue affecting the participating migrants to help build journalists’ understanding around these issues from migrants’ lived experience.

Following the meetings journalists arranged interviews with participants.

Participating migrant members in three cities were offered support and media training on how the media works, on public responses to stories, and how best to tell their stories.

The project offered the journalists a complete package: providing not only the human contacts but also background information on the issue and related policy, and Migrant Voice’s position.

During 2015-2017 the project achieved over 150 high-profile media appearances and culminated in the production of a media toolkit.

This project was funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. We are currently seeking funding to develop the next phase of this project.