Report: "Making Migrant Solidarity in Cities: 
Successful Local Patterns and Approaches"

"Making Migrant Solidarity in Cities: 
Successful Local Patterns and Approaches. An Analysis of Moving Cities Data" by Nick Dreher

In recent years, over 700 cities across Europe have actively supported solidarity-based migration policy. Often, these initiatives are responding to regressive and anti-migrant policies enacted at the national and multi-national (i.e., European Union) level. To effectively document good practices from these cities, the Moving Cities project highlighted 28 case studies of migrant and refugee support initiatives across the continent. 

Building on the Moving Cities case studies, this report analyses local patterns and processes that facilitate the implementation of urban migrant solidarity policies. Through a thematic meta-analysis of Moving Cities data, the report highlights key themes across European cities that adopt solidarity-based migration policies. 

The report is aimed at those working in activist and civil society organizations, city networks, municipal governments, and students who are seeking to reaffirm and expand efforts toward solidarity with migrants in Europe—which is particularly relevant in the context of rising backlash against migration across the continent.

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