"Manineti and Marsham Street" - An investigation into belonging and inclusion amongst Ethiopian migrants in the United Kingdom

在联合王国，归属和接受问题已成为一个日益政治化的领域，最终导致执行高度排他性的政策，以进一步划分属于和不属于的人。自2010年以来，英国政府决定在敌对环境下援引政策，这一决定一直在挑战移民和移民社区在英国社会中占据空间的能力。这些政策被视为阻止不受欢迎的移民的工具，最近对移民采取了限制性和歧视性的做法，从驱逐温德鲁什一代人、撤销公民身份的稳步增加、持续的驱逐航班以及让那些被认为是非法和不受欢迎的人在英国的生活尽可能地难以忍受的努力中可见一斑。了解国家移民政策在塑造移民的空间感和社会归属感方面的影响(如果有的话)是一个与英国和国际当前动态相关的问题。通过分析移民政策及其与新近定居的移民的国内经历的交集，我将试图理解限制性的敌对移民政策是否以及如何影响了埃塞俄比亚移民在英国的认同感和归属感。随着移民政策变得更加排他性和限制性，了解这一趋势如何影响移民对社会归属感的影响，对于我们理解自我和身份认同非常重要。这项研究将试图研究英国经常被忽视的人群-埃塞俄比亚人-并试图欣赏政策立场变化下个人对归属感和包容性的看法。通过研究埃塞俄比亚移民在英国的移民和定居生活经历-这项研究将着眼于从不同角度导航英国移民系统对这一移民群体的融入和归属感的影响。

The question of belonging and acceptance in the United Kingdom has become an increasingly politicised arena culminating in the implementation of highly exclusionary policies to further delineate those who belong and those who do not. Since 2010, the UK Government's decision to invoke policies under the hostile environment have worked to challenge the ability of migrants and migrant communities to take up space in British society. These policies, envisioned as a tool of deterring unwanted migration, have produced restrictive and discriminative approaches towards migrants evidenced recently through the expulsion of individuals of the Windrush Generation, the steady increase in revoking citizenship, continued deportation flights and the drive to make life in the UK as unbearable as possible for those deemed illegitimate and unwelcome.Understanding the effect, if any, national immigration policies have in shaping a migrant's sense of space and belonging in society is a question relevant to current dynamics in the UK and internationally. Through an analysis of migration policy and its intersection with the in-country experience of recent and settled migrants, I will attempt to understand if and how restrictive hostile migration policies have impacted Ethiopian migrant's sense of identity and belonging within the UK. As immigration policy becomes more exclusionary and limiting, appreciating how this trend impacts on the migrant's perception of belonging in society is important to our understanding of self and identity.This research will attempt to look at an often under researched population in the UK - Ethiopians - and attempt to appreciate the individual's perspective of belonging and inclusion under shifting policy stances. By researching the lived experiences of migration and settlement in the UK for Ethiopian migrants - this research will look at how navigating the immigration system in the UK at various standpoints has impacted on the integration and sense of belonging for this migrant group.