Emily Bowerman

Emily Bowerman works in the British voluntary sector with young people affected by crisis and displacement. She has an MSc in Migration, Mobility and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is active on Twitter @BowermanEmily

Our duty to the stranger: Remembering Helen Bamber

Although Helen Bamber has been celebrated as an ‘iconic’ human rights defender, the most fitting way to honour her is to redirect our attention to the marginalised and silenced people to whom she devoted her life. We don’t have to look hard to find them.

By Emily Bowerman

/ 2 Sep 2014

Law or compassion? The deportation of teenagers

In the past 5 years, over 500 young people who migrated as lone children have been removed after spending their formative years in the UK. We have a responsibility for their long term safety and flourishing, says Emily Bowerman.

By Emily Bowerman

/ 14 Apr 2014

Philanthropy towards asylum seekers: friend or foe?

Due attention must be given to the decision-making processes and rationales that underpin and politicise philanthropy towards asylum seekers in the UK. There is a danger that philanthropy may become complicit in sealing the borders of the state of exception in which asylum seekers are already posi

By Emily Bowerman

/ 25 Feb 2013