30 years of impact ✨
Thank you to all who joined us in reflecting on MPG’s journey, building bridges between research & lived experience, institutions & civil society.
🎥 Watch Director Isabelle Chopin’s wrap‑up video + campaign highlights 👉 bit.ly/3XUP8XG
The journey continues — together. #MPG30
🎉 #MPG30 | Adnan Abdul Ghani
Our anniversary series is nearing its end, and today we spotlight Adnan Abdul Ghani. He first connected with MPG in 2016, an experience that helped him “see the bigger picture.”
Watch his full reflection: youtu.be/A17x_eMGLZw
#MPG #SaveTheChildren
✨ 30 Years of MPG: Words from Paul Lappalainen
For Paul Lappalainen, MPG has always been the bridge between research and results. Thirty years on, it continues to mobilise, connect, and turn equality ideas into real change. The work goes on.
Watch his full video: youtu.be/m74oR_bdnR4
#MPG30
Marie Bayat, Germany’s Country Coordinator for the Migrant Integration Hub, on #MPG30
She’s seen it grow from a resource to an EU reference point, thanks to MPG’s expert coordination and cross-border dialogue.
📖 Read her full testimony: bit.ly/4hwuCFz
#MigrationPolicyGroup
🎉 30 years of MPG.
Bistra Ivanova 🇧🇬, founder of Multi Kulti Collective, reflects on 15 years of collaboration, from #EWSI to #NIEM, #MIPEX to #migrantadvocacy. MPG shaped her path.
Watch her full reflection: youtu.be/lR657xHKuuc
#MPG30
Marking #MPG30, Vera Egenberger - Director of @enareurope.bsky.social during its formative years - reflects on MPG’s vision:
“MPG was the continuity behind bringing NGOs together and supporting the development of ENAR.
Watch the video: youtu.be/0PorHKW3gtQ
#migration #equality #ENAR
🎉 30 years of Migration Policy Group making a real impact across Europe.
Mohammed Mustafa from ALDA has built his work on MPG’s trusted data for migrant political participation and social inclusion.
Watch his full video now: youtu.be/GRt0BBNZX18
#MPG30 #MigrationPolicy #IntegrationMatters
“We’re still a young movement… #MPG brings the experience.”
Adel AlBaghdadi, President of VOICIFY, reflects on equal partnerships and shared purpose.
As MPG marks 30 years, the focus stays on what comes next, and walking the road ahead, together.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/2hYwVK20-vU
#MPG30
“For the work of the @ec.europa.eu, the contribution of #MPG in equality and discrimination has been very important.” - Alvaro Oliveira, former EU official, reflecting on MPG’s expertise and projects like #MIPEX.
🎥 Watch another contribution of our series #MPG30: youtu.be/ENcQD8F92S4
Juliana Santos Wahlgren, Director of @eapneurope.bsky.social, has worked with MPG for decades.
“The Brussels bubble can be very hostile… and it’s the safe space that I find when there is a need for feedback or brainstorming.”
Watch the full video: bit.ly/4n5fpgT
#MPG30 #MigrantVoices
Majid El Jarroudi (ADIVE) reflects on 16 years of working with MPG to support #migrantentrepreneurs:
🗣️ “MPG bridges two worlds, the academic and the business worlds. That’s its real added value.”
🎥 Watch his full message: bit.ly/45onoz2
#MPG30 #MigrationPolicy #InclusiveEconomy
@agneselace.progresivie.lv, now Latvia’s Minister of Culture, first discovered #MIPEX as a student. Today, it’s a key tool in national policy.
🗣️ “#MIPEX helps assess whether our integration policy has been successful.”
🎬 Watch her full message: bit.ly/3HGAnTY
#MPG30
Carmen Claudín of @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social
“MPG gave food for thought for action. That’s what made it so different.”
From #MIPEX to today’s growing challenges, Carmen reflects on 20+ years with MPG and why clarity and evidence are more vital than ever.
📽️ Watch the video: bit.ly/4l16J9g
#MPG30
Mark Bell, Regis Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, helped shape Europe's first Racial Discrimination Directive through MPG's Starting Line campaign.
30 years on, MPG's legacy lives in legislation, evidence, and networks.
🎥 Full video: bit.ly/44IVY6W
#MPG30 #AntiDiscrimination
🧩 “MPG helps others recognise the complexity of #racism, not as isolated incidents, but embedded in systems and law.”
Hyunjung Lee of Asian Voices Europe on why research, policy, and lived experience must work together.
📺Watch her contribution: bit.ly/44y8k0n
#MPG30 #StructuralRacism
🎉 From PhD research to shaping policy: @danielavintila.bsky.social reflects on her journey with MPG.
“I began as a user of #MIPEX. And then over time, I also started contributing to it.”
Watch her full contribution: bit.ly/3GxSUkE
#MPG30 #MigrationPolicy #IMISCOE
🎉 30 years of MPG
“#MIPEX shows MPG’s creativity, innovation & staying power, a think-and-do tank par excellence.”
Karen Weisblatt, Director of Weisblatt et Associés, on 14+ years of collaboration.
📖 Read more: bit.ly/3I4x4pm
#MPG30 #MigrationPolicy #EvidenceBasedPolicy
Robert Rustem, Senior Project and Outreach Officer at the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (#ECRI), on 30 years of MPG:
💬 “We share a vision rooted in #humanrights, #equality, and systemic change.”
Read his contribution: bit.ly/469vQTD
#MPG30 #StructuralRacism
🎉 #MPG30 | MEP @krzysztofsmiszek.bsky.social reflects on his early work with MPG’s legal expert network, a defining moment in his path from human rights lawyer to policymaker.
🗣️ “They gave voice to those most at risk of exclusion.”
Watch the full video: bit.ly/4laUuaW
#Equality #HumanRights
🗣️ “This is the time when an organisation like #MPG is needed more than ever.”
MPG board member Krisztina Tora on why system-level work, grounded in evidence, #inclusion, and civil society, is essential in today’s context.
🎥 Watch her reflections 👉 bit.ly/4kHwoos
#MPG30 #Democracy
📖 It started with a News Sheet.
Michele LeVoy recalls how #MPG’s work shaped
@picumofficial.bsky.social’s early days and long-term collaboration on issues like the criminalisation of solidarity.
🎥 Watch: bit.ly/3ZMyZom
#MPG30 #MigrationPolicy #PICUM
📢 "MPG doesn’t just think, it acts."
Torsten Moritz (CCME) reflects on MPG’s 30-year journey from research to real-world impact:
➡ Not just a think tank, but a think & do tank.
➡ Integration isn’t just about individuals, it’s about systems.
🎥 Watch his full message: bit.ly/4kbofrM
#MPG30
From #DELI to #MEGA to #INNOVATE: Munich’s Kameran Shwani worked with MPG to turn policy into action for #migrant entrepreneurs. 30 years of MPG means building real support where it matters.
Read his contribution👉 bit.ly/3Ywnb9h
#MPG30 #InclusiveEconomy #MigrantEntrepreneurship
Seán Binder first connected with MPG after being detained for his search and rescue work.
He contributed to policy work that helped expose it as a structural problem, not just isolated cases.
30 years on, MPG is still doing that work.
Watch his contribution to #MPG30: youtu.be/mU5xdWmhEC4
🔹Thomas Huddleston joins MPG’s Board, nearly 20 years after starting as a “little integration policy analyst.”
From MIPEX to today, his journey reflects MPG’s mission for justice and inclusion.
🎥 Video: youtu.be/3RC4NDWLOd8
#MPG30 #Migration #Inclusion #MIPEX #SocialJustice #PolicyChange
“Our story with #MPG goes way back…”
Anne Gaspard & Tamás Kádár from #EQUINET reflect on 20+ years of working alongside MPG: from building EQUINET to shaping EU equality laws.
A partnership built on trust, purpose & action.✊
🎥 Watch the full tribute: youtu.be/NlFIIODimek
#MPG30 #migration
30 years ago, few looked to Europe for progress on #migration and #racialjustice.
Stephen Pittam did and backed MPG from the start.
30 years later, that commitment to #justice still matters.
🎥 Watch his contribution for our 30th anniversary: youtu.be/hder_BV-OJQ
#MPG30 #AntiDiscrimination #MPG 👇
30 years of action, not just policy.
Yonous Muhammadi (Greek Forum of Refugees) says it best:
“MPG didn’t just listen, they stood with us.”
This is #MPG30.
🎥 Watch the story: youtu.be/kGwGeFmpHfQ
#MPG30 #migrationpolicy #EUdemocracy #RefugeeVoices #HumanRights #GreekForumOfRefugees
Razan Ismail: “Participation is a privilege, but also a responsibility. MPG creates space for it to happen.”
MPG amplifies #youngmigrant voices, fostering dialogue. Razan stresses monitoring the Pact on Migration and Asylum is crucial.
🔗 Watch Razan’s reflection: youtu.be/-EvUN8fcjZE
#MPG30
@sayakaosa.bsky.social discusses how collaboration with MPG has helped connect research, policy, and advocacy on racism, discrimination, and identity.
"MPG's strength is in research-based policy advocacy."
Watch her insights 👉 youtu.be/yPr6iBiBhR8
💬 Read more about #MPG30: bit.ly/42rdD2d
