Managing Migration: City-Led Approaches for Being an Inclusive, Welcoming and Socially-Cohesive City

Across the world, crises like climate change, regional and international conflicts and rising costs-of-living are causing unprecedented levels of migration. As a result, cities across Strong Cities Network’s global network and beyond are increasingly requesting support, guidance and opportunities to learn from one another on how to accommodate rapidly growing populations. In particular, cities ranging from border towns like Musina (South Africa) to urban centres like London (United Kingdom) have expressed concern to Strong Cities about rising levels of anti-migrant sentiment, resulting from the increased prevalence of on- and offline of narratives that accuse ‘new arrivals’ of causing strains in public service delivery, ‘stealing’ jobs and of being ‘threats’ to local culture and customs.

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