This episode of Recovering Community begins with the Kenmure Street protest, when community resistance to a Home Office raid resulted in the release of two men back into their neighbourhood.

Border controls and treatment of those who want or need to cross borders says much about national identity.

For the last 25 years, the UK government has - with significant public support - moved to make immigration as difficult as possible.

In contrast, the Scottish government has been more focused on encouraging migration to Scotland to address population decline and contribute to the Scottish economy.

Professor Anne Kerr talks to Dr Teresa Piacentini, David Millar, Pinar Aksu, and Dr Cetta Mainwaring to consider the ways that community activism in Glasgow sets the city apart from wider UK sentiment towards immigration.

Listen to Recovering Community 2 on the School of Social and Politiclal Sciences website

First published: 8 October 2021

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Recovering Community is a podcast series about community - what it means, how it's formed and how it is rebuilt - published by the University of Glasgow's School of Political and Social Sciences.

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