RESOURCES: After the racist riots – safety and resilience in the refugee and migration sector
Access resources to strengthen safety, security, resilience, and wellbeing across the sector, following the 2024 racist riots.
Over six months have passed since the devastating racist riots that deeply affected the refugee and migration sector. These events caused widespread fear, particularly among colleagues with lived experience and from racialised communities, and severely disrupted the vital services that support people navigating the migration system.
In the aftermath, it became clear that our response could not be short-term. We needed to strengthen our collective preparedness. To that end, a scoping exercise was undertaken to understand the impact on organisations and funders, how they responded, and what support was available to affected communities.
This page brings together a range of resources developed in response to those findings. You’ll find information in the blogs about how the sector was impacted and responded, our key asks for funders, as well as a curated list of training and support providers focused on security, safety, wellbeing and resilience. Whether you’re looking to better protect your staff, collaborate more effectively, or build long-term preparedness, these resources are here to support you.
Following two sector and funder workshops to allow people to share how they responded, MEX will be organising workshops specifically for people with lived experience of the migration system, in summer 2025.
Please contact us if you have any questions, would like anything added to the resources or would like to discuss any collaboration on this work.
Learning and resources
We have put together a number of blogs related to how the sector and funders have responded in the aftermath of the riots, as well as resources that organisations can access related to boosting safety, security, wellbeing and resilience.
- Reflections of MEX Co-Director, Marchu Belete, six months after the riots. In this blog, Marchu reflects on the impacts the riots had on the sector, the ongoing threats of violence and rise of the far right, and the importance of building long-term security and preparedness.
- A blog series which summarises the main findings of the scoping work, and includes lists and links to providers of safety and security support.
Blog 1: How and why the violence happened
Blog 2: Impact on targeted communities
Blog 3: Safety and Security Resources
Blog 4: How funders can boost security and safety for migration and refugee charities
Blog 5: Impact on wellbeing and resilience
Blog 6: Resilience and wellbeing resources
Handbooks
Access our handbooks, listing providers of training, support and advice: