Are you a migrant living in Newham, Tower Hamlets or Hackney? Are you passionate about the rights and experiences of the members of your community? Do you want to promote a positive narrative about migration? We are seeking motivated and inspiring migrants living in East London to join us as volunteer Migrant Leaders As a […]
Fizza Qureshi, co-chief executive officer of the Migrants Rights Network charity, told Eastern Eye: “We have seen a slow but clear progression of an unfavourable and hostile environment for international students in the UK. “It started in 2012 with the closure of the post-study work visa route. Then in 2014, a significant number of international
Jilna Shah, the co-CEO for Migrants’ Rights Network, also expressed concern over Patel’s appointment. Jilna Shah wants the current immigration policies to be “completely and radically overhauled” “At a time where the UK’s inhumane, racist and discriminatory immigration system has never been so much in the spotlight, since Windrush, the appointment of a minister with
Working Across the Lines is a scoping initiative by Voice4Change England and Migrants’ Rights Network. It explores how advocates, activists and others in race equality, migrants’ rights, and refugee and faith causes can connect struggles, stand together, work towards more equitable sharing of power and resources, and resist the politics of prejudice. The scoping work
Mumbi Nkonde It’s thirty years since Kimberle Crenshaw theorised the concept of Intersectionality. On this anniversary, she has been holding discussions to reflect on the theory in practise and ask “what is intersectionality, exactly, and how do we square some of the myths with the many ways that people use intersectionality to experience life, understand
The Real Change Collective (RCC) is a newly established partnership between six organisations: Arhag Housing Association Praxis Community Projects Doctors of the World Olmec Iranian & Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN) RCC have created a project to support Black and ‘Minority Ethnic’ (BME) women and girls across England. RCC ensure that
On Monday 3rd June a group of supporters of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on Violations of the Rights of Migrants presented the ‘deliberation’ of the jury which sat at the London hearing to the Prime Minister at No 10 Downing Street. The PPT is an international human rights organisation which began its work back
Fizza Qureshi has returned from leave (welcome back Fizza!). Moving forwards, Fizza and Jilna Shah (who has been covering Fizza’s leave) will be sharing the CEO role. We are excited about the breadth of experience that both bring to the role and we look forward to continuing to coordinate and strengthen the work of our
Brexit will happen by default (and law) on 29 March 2019. At the time of writing it is looking unlikely that the government’s Withdrawal Bill will be passed by parliament, and the prospect of a no deal Brexit looks an increasingly likely scenario. ‘No deal’? No deal Brexit really means that there is no law
Home Office white paper shows us where the battles for rights-based immigration policies will be fought in the future. The government’s long-awaited white paper on future immigration, finally made available in the days before Christmas, contained very few surprises. The headline idea – that a single system facilitating the recruitment of migrant workers would operate
