Joint statement: Solidarity with the people of Ballymena and Northern Ireland/North of Ireland As organisations working for the rights of migrants and anti-racist groups working in the local community, we stand in solidarity with the people of the North of Ireland/Northern Ireland. Fascist violence has erupted following the weaponisation of sexual violence in Ballymena. Rather […]
Updates (19 August 2025) This is based on an online briefing delivered by Syed Naqvi and Sonali Naik KC on 01 April 2025. It is intended to provide general information on the changes to the policy guidance and is not legal advice. This factsheet has been put together to address the updates to the ‘Nationality:
We support calls from sex workers and sex worker advocacy organisations for the full decriminalisation of sex work. In our support for decriminalisation, we join calls from sex worker organisations in rejecting the Nordic (‘End Demand’) model and ‘legalisation’ of sex work. These carceral measures simply enable punitive measures and State regulation in addition to creating
by Migrants’ Rights Network’s Queer Staff Pride Month isn’t about ‘integration’ or rainbow capitalism. It’s about radical queer joy, rage and resistance. As a majority-queer migrants’ rights charity, we are at the forefront of the growing political attacks on migrants and queer communities, specifically trans+ people. Every June, we call for the true origins of
Last week began with the announcement of a deal being struck between the UK and the EU, and ended with the release of some revealing reports from the Government into the vulnerabilities, needs of and support for people seeking asylum. In the wake of the Immigration White Paper, the Government also published new Immigration statistics
In mid-May, the Government published a raft of new proposals that included discriminatory measures to prevent those with Pakistani, Nigerian and Sri Lankan nationalities from acquiring international student visas, based on the Government’s demonising assessments that these nationalities are more likely to ‘abuse’ the system by claiming asylum. A member of our community who came
Nisaba x Migrants’ Rights Network Stigma and shame around periods is alive and kicking. Combined with the escalating cost-of-living and the Hostile Environment, migrants (particularly those with no recourse to public funds or in the asylum system) are facing enforced period poverty. As part of Migrants’ Rights Network’s Gender, Queerness and Migration campaign, we’re interested
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). As a majority-queer migrants’ rights charity, we mark #IDAHOBIT every year. But this year, we feel an even deeper sadness and rage. From racist immigration proposals in the Border Security Bill and Immigration White Paper, to the far-right Reform UK banning Pride flags outside their
For the first time, the Home Office has announced that it will be publicising the nationalities of foreign national offenders (FNOs). We must challenge the dog whistle politics that attempt to manufacture a link between nationality, religion, ethnicity and criminality, and that attempt to present criminality as something exclusively inherent to “incompatible cultures”. In the
The Government has published the Immigration White Paper, comprising a range of significant changes to the immigration system. The White Paper also forms part of the Government’s Plan for Change which includes, like its Conservative predecessors, reducing net migration without setting a specific target. These changes are being introduced as part of broader anti-immigration shifts
