Winston Churchill's financial legacy is being used to help spread immigration messaging across Britain.
The Churchill Fellowship, established with public donations following the wartime leader's death in 1965, has been funding the expansion of the Migration Network.
Partnered with the National Trust and other cultural institutions, the Network helps museums and galleries "put migration centre stage" across the country.
It recently held an event exploring how the culture sector can support the vision of "a world where everyone is free to move".
The Churchill Fellowship was established after the wartime leader's death on January 24, 1965
GETTYThe Migration Network is operated by the Migration Museum, which was founded by Barbara Roche, who served as immigration minister under Sir Tony Blair's government.
The Museum has plans to expand its influence beyond exhibitions, including developing outreach programmes in schools across Britain.
It also intends to create training sessions for civil servants focused on "migration history learning" and implementing "diversity, equity and inclusion programmes".
Research released by the Churchill Fellowship last year discussed the potential of "strategic communications" and recommended that policymakers "allow all asylum seekers to work after six months".
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson branded the Migration Museum a "transparent propaganda outfit".
The Ashfield MP said: "[The museum is] designed to push a one-sided immigration narrative despite consensus being far from settled.
"Immigration is consistently a top issue for voters. That's because they know it has gone too far. The uncontrolled population explosion, driven by net migration, which is running at almost one million a year, is putting intense strain on everything from housing to health."
Churchill held cautious views on immigration and is quoted from 1954, warning that immigration would create racial problems.
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The Migration Museum will move from Lewisham to the City of London
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The wartime leader stated: "Public opinion in the UK won't tolerate it once it gets beyond certain limits."
The museum operates from a shopping centre in Lewisham, Inner London, with relatively low visitor numbers. However, it will soon relocate to a permanent home in the City of London.
This move is being supported by £1.3million in public funding from the Arts Council.
From its new permanent location, the Migration Museum plans to develop a network of "hubs" across the country to educate the public on migration issues.
