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📣New Issue just out!Routed Magazine and Oxford Migration Studies Society joined forces once more for the 2026 Oxford Mig...
09/09/2026

📣New Issue just out!
Routed Magazine and Oxford Migration Studies Society joined forces once more for the 2026 Oxford Migration Conference on , and the making of .

, , , and from around the world explored what it might mean to collectively a more .
While increases from to and , the foregrounded how , , , and their (re)imagine and .

The New Issue emerging from the draws on 561 submissions from 83 different countries. Browse it here:

Routed Magazine and the Oxford Migration Studies Society present this special issue alongside the 2026 Oxford Migration Conference.

📣Here's your chance to publish with Routed Magazine!🥁📣  is open until 25 SeptemberWhen does movement start and when does...
06/09/2026

📣Here's your chance to publish with Routed Magazine!🥁
📣 is open until 25 September

When does movement start and when does it end? Can someone actually return to the place they once left?
These and other questions that outline the complexities of are explored in our forthcoming .

We welcome diverse reflecting , and the multifaceted nature of and journeys, such as: practices, , personal , and use of various mediums ( and audio materials, , , , art etc).

We welcome that include but are not limited to:

​📌Critical Definitions of in
📌 Voluntary Return or External, to Return
📌 Return to or of home
📌 Return at the 'end' of , or
📌 The interplay of and
📌 Feeling 'at home'

We welcome:
✏️ pieces that amplify the voices of people on the move and explore (im)mobility in its many varied forms
✏️ pieces that analyse current news about migration and (im)mobility
✏️ pieces that reflect on cultural developments related to these topics.

Find our full and how to send us your proposal here👇

We are looking for contributions for our next issues.

Forty years ago, a boy tasted falafel for the first time in his hometown in Kerman Province, southeast Iran. It was unfa...
27/08/2026

Forty years ago, a boy tasted falafel for the first time in his hometown in Kerman Province, southeast Iran. It was unfamiliar — just like the world shifting around him. was reshaping his , threatening to pull him away from everything he knew. The anonymous author here tells the story of his family — of moments unfolding inside extraordinary — and how war changed the course of their lives. Read here:

By Anonymous

Holding    n precarious times reflects on Akito Tsuda’s Pilsen days and the enduring spirit of Chicago’s Pilsen communit...
24/08/2026

Holding n precarious times reflects on Akito Tsuda’s Pilsen days and the enduring spirit of Chicago’s Pilsen community. Through intimate black-and-white photographs, Atziri Marquez shows how cultural can serve as a quiet form of , reminding us that beyond , communities are rooted in love, dignity, and . Read here:

By Atziri Marquez

  does not begin at the  , nor does it end with arrival. It lingers in memory, in stories carried across generations. Fr...
21/08/2026

does not begin at the , nor does it end with arrival. It lingers in memory, in stories carried across generations. From a second-generation perspective, Romina Muhajer introduces “Home Archives,” where what was left behind continues to live. Read here:

By Romina M Iramloo

What if     were archived not only in  , but in everyday  ? Beginning with a quiet moment of shared baking in Germany, C...
18/08/2026

What if were archived not only in , but in everyday ? Beginning with a quiet moment of shared baking in Germany, Chiamaka Rita Akpuogwu introduces the idea of “living archives” to show how ordinary interactions preserve , and beyond the state’s records. Full story here:

By Chiamaka Rita Akpuogwu

Is Europe’s       under threat? Changes to Articles 3 and 8 of the    on   might let governments deport families and ign...
16/08/2026

Is Europe’s under threat? Changes to Articles 3 and 8 of the on might let governments deport families and ignore acts of and . Jungho Kim explains what’s at stake here:

By Jungho Kim

Who can forever write    ? Dervla Potter challenges archival   that organise     according to state priorities. She prom...
14/08/2026

Who can forever write ? Dervla Potter challenges archival that organise according to state priorities. She promotes instead forms of knowledge and experience that are often excluded from official records through counter archiving practices. Read here👇

By Dervla Potter

How do immigrant     help employers tackle shortages   ? Isaac Brewer reflects on migrant    in the post-Brexit UK  , an...
10/08/2026

How do immigrant help employers tackle shortages ? Isaac Brewer reflects on migrant in the post-Brexit UK , and discusses about the ways in which immigrant social networks can be leveraged to offset job shortages in low-paying sectors. Fully story below

By Isaac Brewer

Can archives present   histories equally? Paul V. Dudman focuses on the Living Refugee  , and explores when and how an a...
07/08/2026

Can archives present histories equally? Paul V. Dudman focuses on the Living Refugee , and explores when and how an archive can be representative of the community histories complexities.

By Paul V. Dudman

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