The Migrants’ Rights Network and Unis Resist Border Controls are seeking to understand the impact of Covid-19 on Tier 4 international students in the UK. We have heard a number of students already that they have or are facing destitution, and are also now facing threats of expulsion from the higher education/university establishments because of an inability to […]
May has seen expected disappointments, climb downs, shock and us uttering the words ‘YES!’ in relation to immigration but at least we have had some glorious weather. This was the month which bore the dreaded return of the Immigration Bill to Parliament with a flurry, and we witnessed its unfortunate passing at its second reading.
On 4 June 2020, the Migrants’ Rights Network along with the Coalition of Race Equality (CORE) Members wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the failure of the Public Health England report to challenge racial disproportionality in COVID-19 deaths The letter states that the “report contains no recommendations about what
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May has seen expected disappointments, climb downs, shock and us uttering the words ‘YES!’ in relation to immigration but at least we have had some glorious weather. This was the month which bore the dreaded return of the Immigration Bill to Parliament with a flurry, and we witnessed its unfortunate passing at its second reading.
This project was borne out of a concern that people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) were being left out of the measures to protect people from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the instructions from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to ‘bring everyone in’ (MHCLG, 2020), the authors found
Today with the Public Interest Law Centre, we wrote to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick MP to express concerns that not enough is being done by MHCLG to ensure that all homeless people, regardless of immigration status, can access the accommodation and support they need during the Covid-19 pandemic. In our
While we are applauding and celebrating the efforts being carried out across the country by communities to look after the most vulnerable, we are still calling on our Government to step up and do the same. #HealthAndSafetyForAll Here is our monthly update on news & campaigns happening across the country: Urgent Action STILL needed By Local
On 20 March, along with Public Interest Law Centre and Project 17 and over fifty other organisations, we wrote to local authorities in England demanding that they take urgent steps to protect and support vulnerable migrants, particularly those with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) and those experiencing or at risk of homelessness, during the Coronavirus
Welcome to our newsletter We hope everyone is safe and managing in these very surreal times. We know the constant stream of Covid-19 news may not be helpful at times, but we wanted to report on how we are campaigning to safeguard migrant communities at this time, and how we continue to work with marginalised
