A Welcoming Nation?
Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales
Published on 15. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-83772-231-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume addresses current debates around migration in, from and through Wales. It includes a range of migratory perspectives to better understand the diverse lived experiences of migrants, and the policies, measures and approaches at work across various scales and sectors in Wales that shape their everyday lives.
A Welcoming Nation? adopts an intersectional approach to explore these experiences, which is central to understanding the multiple and complex ways in which exclusion and marginalisation take place. The volume is not only a book about migration, therefore, but also about the ways in which migratory experiences and status can intersect with other factors - such as age, gender, race and sexuality - providing original analyses of migration in Wales.
A Welcoming Nation? adopts an intersectional approach to explore these experiences, which is central to understanding the multiple and complex ways in which exclusion and marginalisation take place. The volume is not only a book about migration, therefore, but also about the ways in which migratory experiences and status can intersect with other factors - such as age, gender, race and sexuality - providing original analyses of migration in Wales.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83772-231-0 (9781837722310)
DOI
10.1234/b11983
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Catrin Wyn Edwards | Laura Shobiye | Rhys Dafydd Jones
A Welcoming Nation?
Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales
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Persons
Rhys Dafydd Jones works at the Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University.
Catrin Wyn Edwards is a lecturer in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. She is an expert on migration, sanctuary and nationalism. Catrin convenes Migration Research Wales, a WISERD research network.
Laura Shobiye is a Lecturer in Social policy and Practice at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her research specialisms are race and migration, particularly refugee education and the intersectionality of race and gender. She is an active member of both the Welsh Refugee Coalition and the Migration Research Wales Network, and a co-founder of the UK's National Centre for Research Method's collaborative and participatory special interest group; she is also a trustee for the Birth Partner Project and the Bevan Foundation in Wales.
Catrin Wyn Edwards is a lecturer in the Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. She is an expert on migration, sanctuary and nationalism. Catrin convenes Migration Research Wales, a WISERD research network.
Laura Shobiye is a Lecturer in Social policy and Practice at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her research specialisms are race and migration, particularly refugee education and the intersectionality of race and gender. She is an active member of both the Welsh Refugee Coalition and the Migration Research Wales Network, and a co-founder of the UK's National Centre for Research Method's collaborative and participatory special interest group; she is also a trustee for the Birth Partner Project and the Bevan Foundation in Wales.
Content
Series foreword
Acknowledgments
List of illustrations, figures and tables
List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Chapter One - Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Wales: Towards an Intersectional Approach
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Laura Shobiye and Rhys Dafydd Jones
Chapter Two - International Migration and the Welsh Language: Exploring an Interdisciplinary Framework for Linguistic Integration
Gwennan Higham
Chapter Three - Speak to Me: A Creative and Participatory Approach to Language Education for Inclusion
Barrie Llewelyn and Mike Chick
Chapter Four - From City to Nation of Sanctuary? Moving Scalar Imaginaries of Citizenship and National Identity in Wales
Franz Bernhardt, Catrin Wyn Edwards and Rhys Dafydd Jones
Chapter Five - Creating a Welcoming Nation in a Hostile Environment: LGBTQ+ Precarious Experiences
Ourania Vamvaka-Tatsi
Chapter Six - Mothers' Narratives of Transitions and Resilience Through Social Learning
Laura Shobiye
Chapter Seven - EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome?
Stephen Drinkwater, Taulant Guma, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins and Rhys
Dafydd Jones
Chapter Eight - Ageing and Migration into Rural Wales: A Counter-Narrative to the Rhetoric of Burden and Dependency
Jesse Heley and Rachel Rahman
Acknowledgments
List of illustrations, figures and tables
List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Chapter One - Rethinking Migration and Diversity in Wales: Towards an Intersectional Approach
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Laura Shobiye and Rhys Dafydd Jones
Chapter Two - International Migration and the Welsh Language: Exploring an Interdisciplinary Framework for Linguistic Integration
Gwennan Higham
Chapter Three - Speak to Me: A Creative and Participatory Approach to Language Education for Inclusion
Barrie Llewelyn and Mike Chick
Chapter Four - From City to Nation of Sanctuary? Moving Scalar Imaginaries of Citizenship and National Identity in Wales
Franz Bernhardt, Catrin Wyn Edwards and Rhys Dafydd Jones
Chapter Five - Creating a Welcoming Nation in a Hostile Environment: LGBTQ+ Precarious Experiences
Ourania Vamvaka-Tatsi
Chapter Six - Mothers' Narratives of Transitions and Resilience Through Social Learning
Laura Shobiye
Chapter Seven - EU Migrants in Wales: Still Welcome?
Stephen Drinkwater, Taulant Guma, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins and Rhys
Dafydd Jones
Chapter Eight - Ageing and Migration into Rural Wales: A Counter-Narrative to the Rhetoric of Burden and Dependency
Jesse Heley and Rachel Rahman