2025

Community Organising for Migration Narrative Change

Full title Community Organising for Migration Narrative Change: strategies and approaches Key information Date: 5 June Time: 9.30am- 5pm Location: Lift Islington, 45 White Lion St, N1 9PW Event description How do we challenge harmful migration narratives—and what does it take to build something better? Join the Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN) and the Migration & Border Violence Participatory […]

Trans liberation now

Today’s Supreme Court ruling is deeply disturbing, and our solidarity goes out to trans communities across the UK, including migrant and racialised trans communities. This ruling comes amidst an increasingly hostile environment for migrants, trans people, and trans migrant communities living at the intersections of racism, Islamophobia and transphobia, as border regimes, the detention estate

Aisha: Why I chose to fundraise for MRN

Hi everyone, my name is Aisha and last weekend I ran the Brighton Marathon for Migrants’ Rights Network. So far I’ve raised £853 for the brilliant work that the organisation does. How did running the Brighton Marathon go? This was my first marathon, and whilst it was very difficult and the hills of Brighton certainly

Protection Not Punishment- April 2025 Newsletter

sign up to our newsletter Dear supporters, On 31 March, the UK hosted the “Organised Immigration Crime” Summit. Over 40 countries and organisations attended this Summit to hear the Government do what it does best: brag about deportations and workplace enforcement. Alongside the general anti-migrant discourse, there was a particularly misguided focus on “people smugglers”

“Good Character Requirement” Resources

The good character requirement has been updated on 10th February 2025 to block some refugees from naturalising as British citizens if their entry to the UK was criminalised, i.e. they did not arrive with the required immigration documentation, such as a visa or electronic travel authorisation (ETA). This specifically applies to people who traveled to the UK

Fees are increasing: visas, passport renewals and ETAs

On 9th April 2025, the cost of many visas and other fees related to international travel will increase. What costs are increasing? The costs of most visa applications will increase, alongside applying for or renewing a British passport and the ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation). The changes apply to applications from both inside and outside of

Deportations, raids + “counter terror” powers:

Our explainer on the “Organised Immigration Crime” Summit The Hostile Office has been busy pushing out its latest round of cruel migration policies. If you’re finding it hard to keep track, we’ve pulled together this helpful explainer.  The UK hosted the Organised Immigration Crime summit where politicians once again demonstrated their totally missguided focus on

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

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