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Know Your Rights: Exploitation Workshop

Join Migrants’ Rights Network on 27 October from 11am-noon for an online workshop on exploitation taught by FLEX! About this event FLEX (Focus on Labour Exploitation) will be teaching a workshop on exploitation, with lots of helpful information around employment as well. This workshop is primarily for migrants in the UK, as well as caseworkers/organisations […]

Know Your Rights: Hate Crime Workshop

Join Migrants’ Rights Network for a workshop taught by Victim Support on Hate Crime on 13 October, 11-12:30pm! About this event During Hate Crime Awareness Week, Migrants’ Rights Network and Victim Support will be hosting a workshop on hate crime and about what your rights are as a migrant. The workshop will take place online.

September 2021 Newsletter – Time For Change

Over the last week we have spoken to ITV News on the mental health support for Afghan refugees coming into the UK. We spoke on the need for appropriate mental health provision for Afghan refugees. We need this Gov to scrap the Borders Bill which will only be detrimental to mental health of asylum seekers

Afghanistan Crisis Response

We have been deeply saddened in the past couple weeks by the crisis in Afghanistan. The scenes at Kabul Airport are a reminder that many Afghans fleeing the Taliban don’t get a choice over the way they escape. We welcome the fact the government is thinking about resettlement, but their commitment is over five years

August Newsletter – Migrant Mentoring Scheme

We are looking for individuals to join our pool of Mentors(Volunteer) to help us to build our new mentoring scheme. We welcome applications from across the UK, as all mentoring will be via online platforms. Throughout the year, we occasionally host training programmes for migrant communities focused on topics like leadership, rights, and advocacy. We

July Newsletter – It didn’t come home…

Last month has taken us on a serious rollercoaster of emotions that we are all still reeling from to be honest. In preparation for Windrush Day on June 22nd, we celebrated this year by protesting outside Downing Street and asking for the Windrush Compensation Scheme to be removed from the hands of the Home Office,

Campaign News: Together With Refugees #WhoWeAre

Refugees have always been part of the UK – it’s #WhoWeAre. On the 1st June, with more than 200 other organisations we’ve called for a better approach to supporting refugees that is kinder, fairer and more effective. Together With Refugees is a new coalition of national and local organisations, refugees living in Britain, and people

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