Enhancing the Impact of Migration Research with Latin Americans in London

Project Summary

While constituting one of the fastest-growing migrant groups in London, Latin American migrants remain largely invisible within public discourse. Invisibility can be particularly detrimental in the context of Covid-19 and Brexit. Not knowing how Covid-19 has been affecting this population means that little can be done to support them in coping with the socio-economic effects of the pandemic. Furthermore, since the discussion on the impact of Brexit tends to focus mostly on EU families without a non-EU migration background, its impact on the Latin American families who acquired EU passports in Southern Europe and then onward migrated to London has been overlooked. This public engagement project aims to understand how Brexit and Covid-19 are impacting the lives and families of Latin American migrants in London by building links with this community through knowledge exchange and engagement activities involving (1) key community workers and leaders of charities supporting Latin American migrants in London and (2) Latin American migrants and their family members. The overarching goal and the principal marker for success is the creation of a long-term collaboration between COMPAS and London’s Latin American community through which the experiences and voices of Latin American can be understood and heard.

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Project Links

• Turcatti, D., & Vargas-Silva, C. (2022). "I returned to being an immigrant": Onward Latin American migrants and Brexit. Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies

• Link to the report: https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/2021/the-experiences-of-londons-latin-american-migrants-during-brexit-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/

• Twitter infographics by Latin American House in English: https://twitter.com/lah_casalatina/status/1465652273460256768

• Twitter infographics by Latin American House in Spanish: https://twitter.com/lah_casalatina/status/1465653245917945859

• Interview in Spanish about the project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuqpH3gBJAI