March 2025

Visibility is not liberation

for Trans Day of Visibility 2025 Trans+ visibility does not equal trans+ liberation. Whilst visibility can and does mean representation and community for so many trans+ people, visibility is also not the antidote to exploitation or oppression. Trans+ people are seen as a “threat” precisely because they disrupt the capitalist division of labour rooted in […]

Palestinian Land Day 2025

Migrant justice requires land justice. We cannot achieve land justice without acknowledging why people are displaced or forced from their land, and we cannot achieve land justice without standing for the right of return of those forcibly displaced from their land and homes! Palestinians are forcibly displaced or turned into refugees by settler colonialism, and

Online Briefing for refugees: “Good Character Requirement” guidance update

Date: 1 April Time: 12.30pm Location: Online Are you worried about changes to the ‘Good Character Requirement’ guidance for refugees? If so, join our online briefing next Tuesday 01 April to learn more about it and the ongoing legal challenges. The ‘Good Character Requirement’ policy guidance, used by Home Office caseworkers to assess applications for

AI Event in Parliament

On 26 March 2025, MRN staff and participants in the AI under Watch project presented our findings in the Public Voices In AI Event at the Houses of Parliament.  In August 2024, we received funding from the Public Voices in AI Fund to investigate the potential role and impact of AI on people seeking asylum

Contribution to skilled worker visa audit

We have recently contributed to the National Audit Office’s audit of the Skilled Worker Visa Route, sending a response to their call-out for contributions. Find the audit here.

Community Organisers Words Matter Training

We are really excited to welcome our new Community Organisers! Our Words Matter Community Organisers training with Common Languages (11-13 March 2025) was filled with amazing conversations and meaningful reflection on power, language, narrative change, and justice. We had sessions on Words Matter, Language Justice, Collective Care, a zine making workshop, as well as more

Say NO to the Bill

sign up to our newsletter Dear supporters,  Dear supporters, We’re taking a stand against the new Border Security Bill. This new legislation builds on the legacy of cruel immigration laws and aims to turn migration into national security issue. Join us by saying NO to the Bill and ask your MP to vote against it.

International Womens Day 2025

This International Women’s Day, we reaffirm our commitment to standing in solidarity with all marginalised women: Global South, racialised, migrant, working class, queer and trans women. We recognise the history of International Women’s Day as a championing of working class, socialist women’s movements in defiance of imperialism, colonialism and capitalism. And we recognise the dangers

Trauma, Mental Health and Migration Zine

Co-authored with the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) DOWNLOAD THE ZINE DOWNLOAD A PLAIN TEXT VERSION OF THE ZINE Summary Trauma, disability justice, and migrant justice Dialogue around trauma as part of disability justice, and also migrant justice, remains largely absent. The creation or exacerbation of mental ill-health, distress and trauma is often caused by

Border Security Bill Overview

The Border Security Bill is making its way through Parliament. There’s been a lot of misunderstanding around what this Bill actually represents, and so we are here to clear things up for you. Yes, the Bill restarts deportation agreements and reduces routes to claim asylum, and this is horrible enough, but this is not just

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