Worlds on the Move : Educational Responses to Changing Migration Patterns

In England, the number of immigrants has increased markedly since 1989. This diverse group includes refugees, labor migrants and people arriving in the UK to join family or to study. Many families have complex economic and political reasons for migration. Migrant children, including refugees, need educational support that is flexible and takes into account the variety of past experiences. Yet in many parts of the UK, immigration status is used to determine what provision children get, as well as how their teachers view them. Worlds on the Move describes new research into the responses of schools and child welfare agencies to the changing migration patterns. It explores the asylum-migration nexus, transnational families, community solidarity and the debates about pupil mobility in the UK, and presents new material about the hidden community of West Africans, and about economic migrants from Portugal and Poland.