Despite the profound influence of migration on its politics Europe is poorly served by specialist migration reporting. While immigration correspondents are commonplace in US newsrooms there are few if any specialist correspondents across the EU, with migration reporting one among many tasks for social affairs and general news journalists. The migration newsroom is at the centre of efforts to address the consequences of this underinvestment, while showing the way to more progressive outlets by gaining impact and audiences for more ambitious stories produced from collaborative reporting. It offers a meeting place and training ground where general reporters serving big audiences get to know migration specialists by working with them on major investigations and series. This can mean conducting original research projects at the borderline between journalism and academia, it can also mean finding innovative framings that challenge widespread misconceptions.
NEWSROOM MIGRATION

The Left Behind
What happened to the thousands of Afghans who assisted the UK’s efforts and were abandoned after the fall of Kabul last year?
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How the EU Failed Ukraine’s International Students
Tracing the fate of a cohort of non-white students who fled Russia’s invasion to be confronted with Europe’s hostile environment
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Ukraine Exodus
How to respond to the Europe’s rediscovery of compassion for refugees without ignoring damaging double standards
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Vaccinating Europe’s Undocumented: A Policy Scorecard
The pandemic saw anti-migrant politics clash with public health needs, using data journalism to illuminate the outcome
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Invisible Workers
Europe-wide investigation reveals modern slavery conditions for migrant workers on Europe’s farms at height of pandemic
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Central Mediterranean
Revealing the EU’s role in the wholesale violation of international law and the creation of a refoulement by proxy off Libya
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Returns to Harm
Europe spends vast sums to return migrants and asylum seekers. We track the costs and consequences of this deportation machine
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Shadow Population
Why has Europe stopped counting its undocumented population and what does this tell us about the possible failures of hardline migration policies
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