The 2016 campaign around the UK referendum on membership of the EU made the free movement and migrants from the EU one of the main topics of debate. It’s worth noting that at that stage that support for free movement in the EU was strong in the UK, with 64% of respondents in favour, according […]
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Marks and Spencer faced calls from anti-racist campaign groups at their recent Wembley Stadium AGM to stop advertising in the Daily Mail. Shareholders were handed copies of an open letter by protesters as they went in to the meeting. Company Directors also heard directly from shareholders inside the meeting. A mobile billboard drove to various
The government’s false promise of a 12-month immigration amnesty to people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire will leave undocumented survivors unable to access the care and support they urgently need, Liberty has warned. The human rights charity highlights key problems with the policy, including: The 12-month amnesty is at best a feeble attempt at
Long-established methods of irregular migration have become increasingly stigmatized, traveling clandestinely being perceived as an inherently — and uniquely — criminal activity, says new research from the Centre for Migration Studies. The dominate characterisation of smugglers as predators and migrants and asylum seekers as victims has often obscured the perspectives of those who rely on
A new European Social Survey (ESS) report finds that, whilst Europeans have become slightly more favourable towards migrants from the same racial or ethnic group, they have become less positive about migrants from poorer countries outside Europe. Key findings Of the 19 countries where data was also collected in 2002/03, only Austrians and those from
Latin American House is a registered charity that aims to provide space and support to Latin Americans, Spanish and Portuguese speakers in London and other communities in the local area. It has a bright and spacious semi-furnished office to rent in a friendly atmosphere. The office comes with desk space suitable for 4 computers and the
Documentary makers working on a series for the BBC and would like to hear from anyone whose parents or grandparents migrated from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal or Sri Lanka by boat before 1965. Email [email protected] by 24 July 2017
The cost of applying for citizenship in the UK is too high, unfair, and risks undoing the work of integration, General Synod was told at the annual gathering of the Church of England’s top decision-making body. The Synod debate highlighted the issues faced by those with indefinite leave to remain in the UK who face
Refugee Action has launched a campaign report Slipping Through the Cracks: how Britain’s asylum system fails the most vulnerable. Analysing 315 cases of people applying for section 98 and section 95 support over the past year, the charity concludes that appalling Home Office failures are leaving people homeless and hungry. The study of these files from
