About Migration Exchange

Migration Exchange (MEX) is a UK-based charitable programme.

Our mission is to cultivate insight, collaboration and collective action towards changing the UK migration system for good.

Our vision is a country that treats people on the move with dignity, equity and fairness.

Our purpose is to be a bridge between funders, charities and communities, shaping a future together where all people who migrate are met with care.

Our strategy sets out our key delivery and development objectives. Read this blog (March 2026) to learn about our current key priorities and strategic goals, and view our strategic framework 2023 – 2028. 

Latest insights

For our latest publications and updates, visit our blog.

Highlights of our work

Insight

• ‘Strength in numbers: the UK refugee and migration sector in 2025′ is our latest report mapping the growth of the sector and funding landscape. It shows a growing sector, where the number of organisations has increased, but a discrepancy between income in different geographic areas and between organisations of different sizes. This follows our 2023 report, People, power and priorities, and we will continue to research the funding landscape periodically to analyse trends. Please contact us to be sent a copy of these reports – mex@global-dialogue.org 
• The migration sector has been under increased threat from anti-rights actors, as well as violence towards migrant and racialised communities, starting in 2024. In response, we have published insights into the experience of the migration and refugee sector. Access resources on providers of information and support on safety, security, wellbeing and resilience in the migration sector, and visit our blog for more articles on this topic.
• We also produce funder-focused briefings. If you are a funder interested in our briefings, please contact us on mex@global-dialogue.org

Collaboration

• We convene migration sector organisations so that we can act with a shared understanding and voice, particularly in the face of a changing political and policy context. In 2026, our main priorities are to help the sector understand how it can adapt to a changing political context, and the issue of safety and security in the face of increasing threat. Visit our blog for articles on the local elections and how it will impact the migration sector, as well as safety and security.
• We also convene funder-only network meetings, on key topics and challenges, providing space to learn from peers as well as reflect on funder practices relating to emerging issues.
• If you’d like to join any of our upcoming online or in-person meetings for funders or the sector, please join our mailing list to receive information.

Collective Action

• NRPF Partnership: The No Recourse to Public Funds policy affects millions of people in the UK, unfairly shutting people out of the welfare system and government support based on their visa status. Impacted communities, charities, lawyers, local authorities are all pushing to end this policy. Our partnership with Citizens UK and Praxis aims to amplify and enable this movement so it is better resourced and connected to win change.
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• ‘Shaping the Future’: Leadership Initiative for systemic change in the UK refugee and migration sector.
  This fund has been co-created with sector experts to address the growing need for leadership capacity and capability in the refugee and migration sector. It provides resources for individuals, organisations, and networks to foster holistic, sustainable leadership development. In 2025, Shaping the Future awarded 18 grants to 22 recipients, totalling almost £600,000. MEX will be facilitating learning and collaboration, including a community of practice, among grant partners over the two-year period of the grants.

   

Our team

Our team is made up of a Director, a Programme Manager and Programme Coordinator. In 2026, MEX will be recruiting a new advisory board. We are also accountable to the board of Global Dialogue, our host charity.

One of our flagship projects, the NRPF Partnership, benefits from having its own steering group to co-design activities and take key decisions on strategy and spending.

For an introduction to the MEX team, please contact us on mex@global-dialogue.org

Current Opportunities

There are currently no job, funding or consultancy opportunities. Please sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear about our latest updates.

Background

Since MEX was set up in 2010, we have worked with the refugee and migration field and funders in co-designing interventions on strategic communications and public attitudes, emergency funding responses, crisis-preparedness, and influencing funders and the migration field for systemic change. Previous work includes Respond and Adapt, distributing over £2.4m to 130 organisations across the UK in 2020-2021 and  Leading Beyond Borders programme (2018-2022).