What is the future for UK migration?

Schedule

Wed Nov 19 2025 at 12:00 pm to 01:15 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Cinema 1, Watershed | Bristol, EN

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Part of the Festival of Economics 2025
About this Event

Public discourse around migration to the UK has grown increasingly polarised. Following a period of record-high net migration, attitudes and policy have shifted. This panel explores the facts behind the rhetoric, offering perspectives on migration policy, migrants' experiences, and the wider historical contex.


Panel: Brian Bell (Migration Advisory Committee; King's College London), Toman Barsbai (Migration Mobilities Bristol, University of Bristol), Glen O'Hara (Oxford Brookes University), Suraj Modhvadiya (Universities UK).



Booking Information

Please note we only refund tickets if the event is cancelled. Events start punctually and, out of consideration to other audience members and speakers, our policy is not to admit or issue refunds to latecomers.


Arrival

Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the event.


Venue accessibility

• Watershed’s main entrance and Box Office are both on the ground floor which is accessible via a ramped, electronically assisted entrance door.

•There are two Blue Badge parking spaces to the rear of Watershed on Canons Road.

•Guide dogs and hearing dogs are very welcome.

•The first floor of Watershed is accessible via lift from the main entrance and includes level access to all areas, including the cinemas and event spaces.

•The cinemas and event spaces have induction loops.

•There is an accessible toilet (with baby changing facilities) near Cinema 1. Follow the signs for the Cinemas and the accessible toilet is just on your left through the double doors before Cinema1.

• Visit Watershed’s Access page for more information: https://www.watershed.co.uk/visit/access


Disclaimer

The Festival of Economics is intended as a general discussion about economics and is not intended as financial advice or any kind of investment recommendation. Everybody's financial situation is different. You should always do your own research before you make any investment decisions.

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Cinema 1, Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

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