Migrants: The Story of Us All

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Had Alexander the Great not died so young evidence suggests he planned to forcibly transplant populations from Asia to Europe, and vice versa, to help unify his vast empire. Sam Miller’s new book, Migrants: The Story of Us All, comes when vilification of migrants and refugees is at the top of the Tory government’s and media’s agenda. It provides valuable insights into the ways in which migration has shaped our world, and challenges readers to reconsider their preconceptions about this complex and often controversial topic. Of these, the social effect of immigration continues to be the most divisive, with strident voices expressing bitterly opposing views. It is profound, complex and moving…In a world that often answers children with shallow responses or overwhelms with explicit details this book walks between the tension.

They would seem an ideal example of the mobile life which Miller extols – and a good example, too, of how persecuted mobile populations often are. So we arrive at the earth-born Athenians and Plato’s autochtonous democracy, and also, intractably, the silent and unacknowledged masses of metics their system rested on. But to understand the dominant narrative about migrants, we have to understand the relationship between capitalism and migration.Sam argues for the need for taught knowledge in schools about migration to balance the current focus on classical Greek and Roman cultural origins. His poems have been published by Reliquiae, Bad Lilies, The Interpreter’s House, and Under the Radar, among others. We've put together a helpful guide to help you begin to explore your family tree and the stories hidden within, including questions to ask your relatives and a family tree outline to print off and fill in. History books have, on the whole, been written by the sedentary for the sedentary,” says Miller, and naturally reflect a settled people’s chauvinism.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Weaving the historical and the personal, Miller divulges what could have been a traumatic discovery about his own paternity. From the beginning of the 17th century when the first ships of the English East India Company set sail from London, tens of thousands of men from Britain ventured out to live an expat life in a country that was completely different to anything they had previously known. Historian, producer, presenter and Migration Museum trustee David Olusoga delivered our 2018 Annual Lecture at SOAS on 22 November 2018, arguing that, to make sense of contemporary Britain, we need to recover the global aspects of our history and culture. Mukti Jain Campion hears from two former child migrants who were sent to Australia in the early 1950s without their parents’ consent.He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of The Favourite, Impossible Journeys and There and Back Again: In the Footsteps of JRR Tolkien. The illustrations are stunning, portraying a group of people as animals, finding their way in the dark, unsignposted, sheltering where they can in the trees and on the beach. Intimate personal stories are brought to life through audio recordings of oral histories as visitors go through the different rooms.

This guest blog post by Megan Ashworth, Archive Assistant at Merseyside Maritime Museum, is part of Departures: 400 Years of Emigration from Britain – Partner Stories, a national series to accompany our Departures exhibition and podcast. Such a broad definition sees Miller trace the story of migration right back to the first humans, sapiens and Neanderthals. He studied History at Cambridge University and Politics at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies, before joining the BBC in 1986, for which he has worked, on and off, ever since.Departures is a new podcast from the Migration Museum exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain. SAM Miller’s special subject speaks to me as one who followed – with family – criss-crossing the oceans over generations.

Our national touring exhibition opens in Lewisham on 7 March 2024, shining a light on the stories and experiences of people who have come to Britain to work in the NHS over the past 75 years through photography, film, oral histories and an immersive experience that brings together singing and storytelling. Learn more about what the UN Human Rights Office does to promote and protect the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their status.He challenges the premise that having a permanent home and a lifelong nationality are considered normal, as if they were part of the human condition.