Today’s show discusses the role of the arts when working with migrant communities. How can we use art to help us campaign for change within our sector? What are the therapeutic effects of art? How can art create a space for migrant voices? I interview artistic director Jussi Lehtonen from touring stage of Finnish National Theatre. We also hear from Arts Development Manager Gini Simpson at Music in Detention as she talks to us about music and its place within detention centres in the UK.


Content clarification

Detention
Immigration detention is the practice of holding people who are subject to immigration control in custody, while they wait for permission to enter or before they are deported or removed from the country. It is an administrative process where decisions are made by an immigration official, not a court or a judge. Unlike most other European countries, there is no time limit on immigration detention in the UK.