This volume centres the lived and affective experiences of migration to the United Kingdom (UK), interrogating how migrants navigate identity, belonging, and cultural adaptation within a society shaped by racialisation, class hierarchy, and the lingering residues of Empire. Migration to the UK has always been deeply entangled with the nation’s imperial past, postcolonial present, and the evolving politics of race, citizenship, and belonging (Modood, 2007). From the forced migrations of enslaved peoples and indentured labourers under British colonial rule, to the voluntary and semi-voluntary movements of workers, students, and refugees in the post-war and contemporary periods, Britain’s migration story is inextricably tied to its legacy as a global colonial power (Vargas-Silva & Rienzo, 2019). Migrants from former colonies were actively recruited to help rebuild Britain after World War II, only for many to be later stigmatised, surveilled, and selectively incorporated into the national imaginary through processes of racialisation and assimilation (El-Enany, 2020).