On 9th April 2025, the cost of many visas and other fees related to international travel will increase. What costs are increasing? The costs of most visa applications will increase, alongside applying for or renewing a British passport and the ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation). The changes apply to applications from both inside and outside of […]
Our explainer on the “Organised Immigration Crime” Summit The Hostile Office has been busy pushing out its latest round of cruel migration policies. If you’re finding it hard to keep track, we’ve pulled together this helpful explainer. The UK hosted the Organised Immigration Crime summit where politicians once again demonstrated their totally missguided focus on
for Trans Day of Visibility 2025 Trans+ visibility does not equal trans+ liberation. Whilst visibility can and does mean representation and community for so many trans+ people, visibility is also not the antidote to exploitation or oppression. Trans+ people are seen as a “threat” precisely because they disrupt the capitalist division of labour rooted in
Migrant justice requires land justice. We cannot achieve land justice without acknowledging why people are displaced or forced from their land, and we cannot achieve land justice without standing for the right of return of those forcibly displaced from their land and homes! Palestinians are forcibly displaced or turned into refugees by settler colonialism, and
On 26 March 2025, MRN staff and participants in the AI under Watch project presented our findings in the Public Voices In AI Event at the Houses of Parliament. In August 2024, we received funding from the Public Voices in AI Fund to investigate the potential role and impact of AI on people seeking asylum
We are really excited to welcome our new Community Organisers! Our Words Matter Community Organisers training with Common Languages (11-13 March 2025) was filled with amazing conversations and meaningful reflection on power, language, narrative change, and justice. We had sessions on Words Matter, Language Justice, Collective Care, a zine making workshop, as well as more
This International Women’s Day, we reaffirm our commitment to standing in solidarity with all marginalised women: Global South, racialised, migrant, working class, queer and trans women. We recognise the history of International Women’s Day as a championing of working class, socialist women’s movements in defiance of imperialism, colonialism and capitalism. And we recognise the dangers
Co-authored with the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) DOWNLOAD THE ZINE DOWNLOAD A PLAIN TEXT VERSION OF THE ZINE Summary Trauma, disability justice, and migrant justice Dialogue around trauma as part of disability justice, and also migrant justice, remains largely absent. The creation or exacerbation of mental ill-health, distress and trauma is often caused by
The Border Security Bill is making its way through Parliament. There’s been a lot of misunderstanding around what this Bill actually represents, and so we are here to clear things up for you. Yes, the Bill restarts deportation agreements and reduces routes to claim asylum, and this is horrible enough, but this is not just
The good character requirement has been updated on 10th February 2025 to block some refugees from naturalising as British citizens if their entry to the UK was criminalised, i.e. they did not arrive with the required immigration documentation, such as a visa or electronic travel authorisation (ETA). This specifically applies to people who traveled to
