Unfiltered personal narratives are often buried within organizational records. Coherent digs deep to uncover authentic and stories as they were originally told, drawing on podcasts, blogs, digital magazines, and interviews.
Refugees, Migration, and Borders Social Justice and Culture delivers access to the stories and facts that will expand scholarship, support advocacy efforts, and inform global conversations.
At a glance
100,000
items indexed within 2025—a "living collection" that will continue to grow
200,000
pages preserved in a permanent archive
Multiformat and global
Coverage spans from 1980 through today; from Cold War migrations to Ukrainian displacements; from historical diaries and videos to today's podcasts, blogs, and other new media. Content is drawn from major international organizations such as CARE, Save the Children, and UNICEF; local groups like America's Voice based in Washington, D.C., lobbying for more compassionate immigration laws; and regional efforts such as San Francisco's Bay Area Immigration Service, helping find housing and jobs for migrants.
The project is global, covering more than 1,000 organizations in over 100 countries. Content is from NGOs such as FASED MOROC in Morocco and Mexico’s Casa Monarca; nonprofits such as SOS Children’s Villages and Action Africa Help; religious support groups including Caritas (Catholic), JRS (Jesuit), and HIAS (Jewish); and government refugee boards, border service, and immigration offices around the world.
Displaced Rohingya refugess
The official stories and the human stories
The stories tell the full truth about life in resettlement camps. Rampant disease means living on the edge of starvation and health collapse. The trauma of pervasive and unpredictable violence induces a steady state of PTSD. When people have close to nothing, theft can be the only way to survive, and stealing is commonplace.
The collection also includes positives—examples of people finding sunshine on the other side of survival. The podcast series “I Am an Immigrant” aims to remove the stigma associated with being a refugee or migrant, through the recorded experiences of people who have created new lives in the UK.
A preservation mission
Refugees, Migration, and Borders Social Justice and Culture is a "living collection" that will continue to grow beyond the 100,000 items indexed in 2025. Approximately 200,000 pages will be preserved in a permanent archive, available as an optional purchase with perpetual rights. Included are the restored files of many organizations of importance that no longer exist due to political or censorship pressures or loss of funding.
Scholars can look to the past and also access real-time discourse from refugee and migrant communities through new media—to analyze evolving narratives and follow migrations trends over time.
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