Migration and citizenship

Migration is not new. Mobility has shaped communities for millennia and remains part of ordinary life. In this episode of Thinking Matters by EXPeditions, leading scholars trace how citizenship moved from an open process of inclusion to a status that can exclude those without the right documents. They explore the legal terrain where a right to leave does not guarantee a right to enter, and where asylum offers due process once on a territory rather than admission at the border. They look at how criminalized routes push people into dangerous crossings, and how refugees build complex economies even when work rights are restricted, often in poorer host countries. The conversation points toward institutional responsibility, not just border control, and an ethics of citizenship that keeps the displaced and vulnerable at its core.

Featuring Naoise Mac Sweeney, Lea Ypi, Homi K. Bhabha, Patrick Weil, Ana Aliverti and Alex Teytelboym.