
Lucy Leon
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Researcher, Global Exchange on Migration & Diversity @COMPAS_oxford | Formerly @CCoMstudy and @childsocpol | She/her | Views my own
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Excited to be part of this new special issue, on Forced Displacement and the City in Environment & Urbanization Highlights the urban dimensions of displacement but also the potential for cities to improve conditions for people seeking refuge:

A flagship report by Ruth Evans & Rosa Mas Giralt examines the difficulties #TransnationalFamilies face in meeting care needs and calls on policymakers to provide more inclusive frameworks. Learn about key findings at 11:00 tomorrow RISC 🔗rdg.ac/3AsT0Hm



*New Data* In the first 6 months of 2024, 64 people were charged off 'small boats' with the offence of 'illegal arrival' They were sent to prison for seeking safety in the UK This practice is cruel & breaches international law Captain Support UK freeibrahimabah Humans for Rights Network 🧡



New blog post! #COMPASblogs Think that sport is about nationalism? You’re probably not an athlete! Hear from Domiziana Turcatti about her passion for powerlifting, her experience representing England at the 2024 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship in South Africa, and why


Featuring work on #migration and #integration by COMPAS researchers Lucy Leon Denis Kierans and Jacqui Broadhead👏👏 Read the report: acss.org.uk/publications/b… #beyondtheballot #socialscience (COMPAS research from page 55 onwards)

Migrant care workers claim rampant breaches of their employment rights which the tied visa system discourages them from reporting, Work Rights Centre research says. workrightscentre.org/news/the-forgo…



Please join Tiziana Caponio to discuss policies to support integration in European towns and villages - in our latest C-MISE @COMPAS webinar next Tues 3rd Dec at 2pm (GMT). Please Register in advance 👇




We cannot end child poverty without fixing the UK's pathway to #citizenship. Thank you Uma Kumaran MP for raising this in Parliament and highlighting the crucial need to include children in migrant households in the child poverty strategy. 🙏



No child should grow up in poverty due to their identity or birthplace. Families with no recourse to public funds feel abandoned, children from minoritised backgrounds face higher poverty rates. Let’s support all families to thrive. Changing Realities changingrealities.org/priorities



