Refugees on film: ‘How can you make people care?’
The attention of the world is now focused on the Syrian refugee crisis. Can film-makers ensure we see those affected as people rather than statistics? Emma Jones reports.
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Summary of latest statistics – immigration
1. How many people come to the UK each year? There were 129.9 million passenger arrivals in 2016, including returning residents: a record number and an increase of 6.5 million on 2015. This increase was mainly accounted for by 3.6 million more arrivals by British, and 2.0 million by other EEA and Swiss nationals (+5% … More
10 great films about immigration and migrant experience
With the theme of immigration rippling through this year’s BFI London Film Festival programme, Manish Agarwal celebrates a selection of past greats tackling migrant life.
The Way Ahead: An asylum system without detention
The report draws on specific, practical examples of the use of support and engagement in the asylum process, to show what a different type of asylum system might look like. It is also rooted in the views and opinions of women who have been or are going through the UK asylum system. The voices of asylum-seeking … More
Mental Illness on the Silver Screen
We see plenty of damaging and misleading stereotypes—but some films foster empathy toward people who are suffering.
Mental health facts and statistics
How common are mental health problems? Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week.
Black and Minority Ethnic communities faced with double the levels of discrimination
Research released March 2014 shows a shocking 93 per cent of people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities who have mental health problems face discrimination because of them. The report shows people are trying to cope with discrimination across various areas of life, such as finding and keeping a job, relationships and friendships, and social … More
Mental illness in the news and the information media
The mass media is influential in shaping people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. Clarifying the way in which the media informs and misinforms the public in an area like mental illness is particularly important, because community understanding of mental disorders is less than optimal and stigma and discrimination are not uncommon.
Five ways to wellbeing
A report presented to the Foresight Project on communicating the evidence base for improving people’s well-being.
All in the Mind
Programme exploring the limits and potential of the human mind.
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