On February 29th 2024 Omar debated and disagreed on GB News with Nigel Farage on the consequences of migration in the UK.

Interview on Colombian News Programme “Una Mirada al Mundo” on the migratory crisis across Latin America, and more.

Award of two major grants from the Greater London Authority and The London School of Economics

On January 17th 2024 and December 12th 2023 Omar debated on GB News with Nigel Farage and Richard Tice the UK Government Rwanda Plan..

For World Refugee Day (June 20th), Omar was interviewed by El Pitazo, one of the few independent digital newspapers in Venezuela, on the situation of Venezuelan refugees across Latin America.

Award of a grant to collect innovative data on the diversity and representativeness of local councillors in London

Omar was a guest on Times Radio to talk about the “migration crisis” in the UK in their Evening Edition with Kait Borsay.

Omar was a guest for a political radio program in Panama to talk about the Venezuelan migration crisis. He argued that the situation in Venezuela is so dramatic (94.5% of population in poverty) that governments in the region cannot stop them from leaving their country and should instead seek to regularise them for the benefit of all.

Omar has been featured as a guest on the Veneco Podcast, a compilation of weekly news, reports and analysis on democracy, social movements, human rights, and more in Venezuela.

On October 3rd 2022 Omar presented his research at the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C. To watch a recording of the event click here..