Join the Migrants’ Rights Network on a six-session leadership programme for migrants and refugees who are campaigning or want to campaign on issues that impact them. We’ll explore our own stories, learn how the current system works and our rights, and develop skills to help us advocate for ourselves and our communities. We will use […]
As part of our project to support families we are working in partnership with RAMFEL & OLMEC to help support migrant individuals and families by offering immigration, employment, mental health & well-being advice and support. We will be running our Know Your Rights workshop in February (22-24th) which aims to help migrants understand and assert
New Report: Highly Skilled Migrants: Indefinite Leave to Remain Refusals & Covid-19 Realities The criminalisation of the UK’s Highly Skilled Migrants (HSMs) and implications for wider migrant communities. After 10+ years of building a life in the UK, the Home Office decided that many HSMs – all migrants of colour – were of ‘bad character’
This is MRN’s official response to the Home Office: The statement from Kevin Foster, minister for future borders and immigration, in your article (Skilled Commonwealth migrants still facing ‘unlawful’ deportation, 26 January) shows that the Home Office is worryingly out of touch with the realities faced by those denied leave to remain in the UK
Nearly two years after government decision to strip highly skilled people of their rights was ruled to be ‘legally flawed’, dozens remain trapped in destitution, new report finds Highly skilled people in the UK who were forced to abandon their careers due to a legally flawed government decision are living in destitution and at risk
This week (8th Feb 2021), MRN met with the Challenging Immigration Raids lawyers’ network. This network convened in 2018 and comprises lawyers and activists collaborating on advice, strategies and legal support for those subjected to immigration raids. We hold meetings quarterly, and have developed a referral system for individuals subjected to raids to reach lawyers
We all need a secure place to call home and we all want to ensure that the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic as a strong, cohesive and tolerant nation on the post-Brexit world stage. This position necessitates calling on the UK to ensure fair and compassionate immigration decision-making in which the dignity and talents
Investigative report on the UK’s Highly Skilled Commonwealth Migrants of colour finds that ‘inhuman’ Home Office policies are not only costly to local authorities, they are also dismantling Highly Skilled Commonwealth Migrants’ visa route and ability to remain, highlighting that Windrush lessons have not been learnt. As part of a cross-government enforcement of ‘hostile
More than 70 people refused right to remain despite 2019 ruling that Home Office misused Immigration Act, report finds. Dozens of highly skilled migrants from Commonwealth countries are still facing deportation almost two years after the court of appeal ruled the Home Office was acting unlawfully in refusing them leave to remain, according to a
The APPG for Immigration Law and Policy, Operation Black Vote, Migrants’ Rights Network, Garden Court Chambers and Highly Skilled UK invite you to a report launch and briefing on: The criminalisation of the UK’s Highly Skilled Migrants (HSMs) and implications for wider migrant communities. After 10+ years of building a life in the UK, the
