2021

Newsnight: Who Are The UK’s Highly Skilled Migrants?

BBC 2’s Newsnight, in conjunction with MRN, has aired the situation faced by 1,700 of the UK’s Highly Skilled migrants refused leave to stay in the UK because of historic non-criminal tax discrepancies. It is of particular note that, from MRN’s investigations, all those refused leave are non-white Commonwealth migrants from six South Asian and

June Newsletter – Every Street Should Be A Kenmure Street

The energy that we’re bringing with us into June is that of Kenmure Street! On Thursday 13th May 2021, what started as five or six concerned citizens intervening in an immigration raid on Kenmure Street in Pollokshields, Glasgow, soon became hundreds of protestors surrounding an immigration van, stopping the police from moving, chanting ‘Leave our

Take part in the EVEN Survey to help us make a change!

Migrants’ Rights Network are taking part in the EVEN Survey and would like to hear from you if you are from a religious or ethnically diverse background and would like to tell us about your experience of Covid. Reports of the uneven effects of the pandemic on ethnic minorities suggest that certain groups have experienced

National Fraud Initiative Consultation

This week, MRN submitted evidence to the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) consultation, helpfully supported by the Open Rights Group. Within the NFI proposals, the government plans to give more power to police regarding how data is used and shared, for the purposes of ‘detecting fraud.’ We are particularly concerned with the impact these proposals will

London Project Annual Review: 2020-2021

The overall aim of the London Project is to reduce discrimination experienced by migrants. We work across London to uphold and strengthen the rights of all migrants, regardless of their immigration status. We do this primarily by: 1. Improving skills and abilities amongst migrants to advocate at a local level 2. Strengthening London-wide infrastructure for

New Plan For Immigration: Evidence Submission

This week, MRN submitted evidence to the consultation for the New Plan for Immigration. While we welcomed the opportunity to participate in the consultation process, the consultation design left us with significant concerns. In particular, if the consultation is meant to be genuine, why is the New Immigration Bill being announced in the Queen’s Speech

April 2021 Newsletter: Racism Is Real – The Sewell Report

The Sewell Report has invoked a tremendous reaction from those of us who work in race and equality, and rightly so. Over this Easter weekend, there have been numerous activists and campaigners talking about how this report does nothing except gaslight Black & Brown communities and justify the claims of racists that racism doesn’t exist

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