Press coverage
View the latest press coverage of the Migration Museum by clicking on the links below. Please visit our Press release page to view and download our latest press releases.
For image and filming requests and all other media enquiries, please contact Matthew Plowright (matthew@migrationmuseum.org, +44 7585 117 924).
BBC – England football racism: Black and Asian fans ‘so proud’ of Southgate’s team (13/07/2021)
BBC News featured our line-up graphic for the Euro 2020 final from our Football Moves People campaign in an articles about Black and Asian fan responses to the England team and the racist abuse directed at some Black players at the end of the Euro 2020 final.
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Byline Times – A Pitched Battle (13/07/2021)
“As the Migration Museum so poignantly pointed out, more than half of the England team wouldn’t be playing in the national team if it wasn’t for immigration.”
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NBC – Black English players racially abused after Euro 2020 final penalty misses (12/07/2021)
“Seven of England’s starting 11 players against Italy had a parent or grandparent born overseas, according to the U.K.’s Migration Museum. The parents of Saka, 19, are from Nigeria, and those of Sancho, 21, are from Trinidad and Tobago. Rashford, 23, has grandparents from Saint Kitts.”
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Sky News – Euro 2020: Where is home? – England squad hailed as a ‘celebration of diversity and immigration’ (10/07/2021)
“Seven of the Three Lions players who started against Denmark have a parent or grandparent from overseas.”
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AP – Diverse England team wins fans in nation eager for good news (09/07/2021)
“The country’s hopes rest on a team very different from the all-white squad of 1966. A poster created by the Migration Museum showed what the England team would look like without the players who had a parent or grandparent born abroad: Just three of the 11 starting players remained. Missing were stars who included team captain Harry Kane, whose father is Irish; Marcus Rashford, whose mother is from Saint Kitts; Jamaica-born Raheem Sterling; and Bukayo Saka, a Londoner with Nigerian parents.”
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Metro – ‘Electrifying’ England hailed for ‘uniting nation like never before’ (09/07/2021)
“The diverse complexion of the England team has been another reason why a new generation of fans are rallying behind the Three Lions. Seven of the starting XI against Denmark had parents or grandparents from overseas, according to the Migration Museum.”
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Mirror – Graphic shows reality of what England’s squad would look like without immigration (08/07/2021)
“A graphic which has gone viral on social media shows how once you cross out names of all players who have either a parent or grandparent born abroad, very few remain.”
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Forbes – The England Football Team, Diversity And Leadership (08/07/2021)
“The England football team is more diverse than many people realise. The London Migration Museum has run a campaign to remind us that without immigration the England team as we know it would not exist.”
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New Statesman – The England squad is built on immigration – yet our xenophobic government dares to cheer it on (07/07/2021)
Jonathan Liew writing in the New Statesman highlights our Football Moves People campaign during Euro 2020.
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Campaign – Migration Museum, easyJet and Paddy Power quick off the mark after England triumph (30/06/2021)
Campaign covered our live line-up and scores graphics before and after the England-Germany game at Euro 2020 as part of our Football Moves People campaign.
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Adweek – Ad Campaign for Euro 2020 Shows Migration’s Pivotal Role in ‘the Beautiful Game’ (16/06/2021)
The Migration Museum in London highlights the diverse immigrant backgrounds of soccer players
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FT Life & Arts – George Alagiah: Migration, Memory and Me (23/04/2021)
A personal essay by our trustee George Alagiah on why Britain needs a permanent Migration Museum.
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BBC Ideas – The Myth of Race (27/01/2021)
The Migration Museum and our Humanae exhibition featured in a BBC Ideas video unpacking the myth of a biological basis for categorising humans by race.
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BJGP Life – Exhibition review: Heart of the Nation (27/01/2021)
The British Journal of GPs reviews our Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS digital exhibition.
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BBC News – Departures: Why Britons make the great escape overseas (05/11/2020)
An in-depth BBC News feature on our Departures exhibition, featuring an interview with its curator and our head of creative content Aditi Anand.
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BBC Radio London – Jo Good (10/10/2020)
The Migration Museum’s head of creative content, Aditi Anand, and exhibition contributor Allyson Williams MBE speak to Jo Good on BBC Radio London about Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS.
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BBC Three Counties Radio – Dr Raj Khanchandani on Heart of the Nation (11/10/2020)
Dr Raj Khanchandani, a contributor to the Migration Museum’s Heart of the Nation exhibition, speaks to BBC Three Counties Radio.
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Deutsche Welle – Germans in UK navigate difficult plans amid further Brexit uncertainty (09/11/2020)
Deutsche Welle interviewed our projects manager Andrew Steeds, who oversaw our Germans in Britain exhibition, for an article on the uncertainty facing Germans in the UK as the Brexit deadline looms.
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Eastern Eye – Museum show a tribute to migrants’ role in NHS (14/10/2020)
Eastern Eye covered Heart of the Nation, including an interview with its curator and our head of creative content Aditi Anand.
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Evening Standard – What we’re listening to now (14/12/2020)
The Evening Standard selected our Departures podcast in its list of recommendations of music and podcasts to listen to.
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