Mixed Migration Centre 2024 Short Essay Competition – Alternative Perspectives

The Mixed Migration Review (MMR), the annual flagship report of the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), aims to offer a platform for different voices in the migration debate. MMC is therefore inviting young researchers and writers on migration, from and based in Asia, Africa or Latin America to enter a short essay competition. The 5 winners will have their essays published in a section of the MMR2024 dedicated to “Alternative Perspectives” and receive a prize of USD 1,000 each.  The winning essays will need to offer your perspectives on our key themes: migration in politics and politics in migration, migration narratives and public perceptions on migration. The focus of your essay should be on your perceptions, ideas and opinions from the perspective of your country of origin about the situation in common destination countries, whether they be within your region, in the Global South or in the Global North. For example, what is the author’s perception of migration attitudes, migration policies and migration politics in destination countries? Are they welcomed or rejected, are they treated as equals or discriminated against? If so, how is this manifested and what impact does it have? What about any changes in recent times – has there been a change and how could this be characterised? What about any sense of injustice or anger or bewilderment about destination country politics around migration – how is it explained? How does it impact migration decisions from people around you? How do you see the role of migration in elections in destination countries? How about comparisons between how their own home country treat migrants and how migrants (including those from their country of origin) are treated in countries of destination?