.... Design/methodology/approach The research draws on testimonies over four years from an advisory group made up of people from a global majority background and people with experience of migration living in Edinburgh. Findings The distance people feel from families, not being understood by wider society...

.... The purpose of this paper is to experience a tool that allows analysing how migrants and refugees represent the world and how they self-represent in the world. Design/methodology/approach The aim is to design a projective tool called “Self Cartography” to facilitate the production of migration stories...

...Brian Joof Brian Joof, a young man of West African origin who has experienced and overcome long‐term mental health problems, describes his recovery process, during the course of which he has experienced the additional challenges of migration, racism, homelessness, drugs, prison and long‐term...