‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’
Today on International Women’s Day, Migrateful’s Founder Jess reflects on the role that UK immigration policy plays in producing vulnerability in migrant women and why this needs to end. Her research conducted during her migration policy masters at the LSE last year found that some migrant women are faced with…
Migration, Meals, and Food Poverty in the UK
Written by Julie Reintjes Despite the fact that the UK is one of the wealthier countries in the world, many people living here cannot afford to buy food. According to studies by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation and the World Bank, in 2018 over 2 million people in the…
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November 12, 2020
What the Covid pandemic can teach us about the future of a kinder nation
My Grandpa died last week, age 85. I loved him dearly and on hearing the news I felt a deep grief. Yet it’s much easier to feel at peace with his death knowing it was natural and he had lived a long, happy life. By contrast, when I read about…
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June 11, 2020
Migrateful Stands in Solidarity With The Black Lives Matter Movement
The death of George Floyd, brutally murdered by a white Minnesota police officer on the 25th May 2020, has filled the Migrateful community with anger, along with millions of observers around the world, many of whom have taken to the streets in protest. Betty the Migrateful Nigerian chef summed up…
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June 4, 2020
Resilience In The Time of Corona
Migrateful chefs teach us how to practise gratitude and hope in the midst of fear and uncertainty Written by Jess Thompson, 28th March 2020 First published by the Pioneer's Post Last Saturday I took myself to A&E because I was finding it hard to breath. The doctor told me that I…
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May 21, 2020
So where does ‘baba ganoush’ really come from?
In a conversation with one of our Syrian chefs Yusuf, during my first time volunteering in our chef training classes, we were talking about the components in the famous, Middle Eastern dish ‘Baba Gonoush’. He listed the ingredients, ‘aubergines, garlic, tahini…’. Then, from across the table, another chef overhearing our…
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February 19, 2020
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