We, the undersigned, condemn the comments made by the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, on Tuesday that promote hostility towards migrants and migratised communities across Europe through racist and xenophobic rhetoric around “integration”. In her speech the Home Secretary named immigrants an “existential challenge for the political and cultural institutions of the West”. She referred to […]
The Migrants’ Aspiration Programme returned for 2023 to empower the new arrivals of BN(O) visa holders from Hong Kong. Thanks to the new Hong Kong Community Fund supported by the Greater London Authority and Groundwork, about 30 fellows in London joined the programme, and gave an overall rating of 8 out of 10 for the
The Migrants’ Aspiration Programme (MAP) is a Migrants’ Rights Network programme in collaboration with Hongkongers in Britain which aims to support participants’ development as community and political leaders. The programme builds on the success of MRN’s previous Migrants’ Aspiration Programme which ran from Jan 2022 until Feb 2023. The Greater London Authority (GLA) launched the
Refugees will now only have seven days notice before being evicted from their asylum support accommodation. This “move-on” notice period falls drastically short of allowing refugees the time they need in order to secure alternative accommodation, and subsequently will subject many to houselessness. It makes no sense for our Government to recognise someone’s asylum claim,
International Day of Charity fundamentally exists to celebrate the role charity plays in the world alongside notions of philanthropy. However, at MRN, we believe this day should mark a time for much-needed reflection. As members of civil society, we have to be honest with ourselves about why the charity sector exists, and must reckon with
This East + South East Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month, we wanted to celebrate the resilience and beauty of ESEA cultures and identities. But we also wanted to spotlight the most marginalised of ESEA communities: such as darker skinned, trans, queer, working class and undocumented ESEA communities. In the aftermath of Covid, and as anti-migrant sentiment
As we mark South Asian Heritage Month and as part of our wider work around reclaiming certain narratives and tackling stigma, people in our Network are sharing their stories with us. Anisah Osman Britton, author of Brown Bodies, shares her experience of belonging as part of the East African Indian diaspora in the UK and how
