Decolonisation means we must interrogate not only the role of colonialism in borders, but also the relationship of colonisation and capitalism. Border regimes are where race, nationality and capitalism meet: they cement Global North/South apartheid and broker deals based on moving and restricting racialised bodies between territories. Border and immigration structures are a mechanism to […]
LGBTQ+ History Month is about increasing the visibility of queer people and their history. It’s also an opportunity to explore and raise awareness of the issues impacting the LGBTQ+ community. At a time where marginalised people, including migrants and queer people, are under increasing attack, talking about the experiences of queer racialised and migrant people
Our Policy and Campaigns Assistant reflects on the way colonialism has shaped their family’s migration experiences for Migration Week 2024.
More than 260 charities and organisations working in human rights have issued a joint letter calling on Peers to reject the Government’s Rwanda Bill.
Nick Sigler, Trustee at MRN, remembers his grandparents on Holocaust Memorial Day 2024, and reflects on why ‘never again’ matters today more than ever. I have a sheaf of letters written by my grandparents, Hedwig and Arthur Sigler, from wartime Nazi Germany to my father who had escaped to England on the Kindertransport. As I
The fifth MAP workshop, titled “Democracy, Advocacy, and Engagement,” was held on 20th January 2024 at the Academy for Parliamentary & Policy Studies in London next to Whitehall, and aimed to empower recent migrants from Hong Kong with knowledge and skills to actively participate in the democratic process of the UK. Facilitated by Christopher Ng,
Yes, you read that right. We often talk about policy change, and the importance of this in making a difference. However, when we are influencing policy, we often do this by tweaking existing policies to make them a little less harmful to some people. This is reform. When we reform or tweak a policy or
