Queerness and Migration
Who Is Welcome Event Series.
9 March 2023, Online.
Migrants’ Rights Network and Community Policy Forum have written a joint letter to the PM and a number of MPs outlining the links between Islamophobia and far-right anti-migrant violence like the riots seen in Knowsley. To read the letter in full, click here. Our open letter is also featured in the Guardian. To read the
Queerness isn’t merely about sexuality: it can be, and always was, so much more than that.
‘Inclusion’ means your culture, identity and experience are accepted and valued. ‘Integration’ forces us to lose our identities. I have been in the UK since 1997. I’ve buried a lot from those early days but my experiences have shaped how I feel about the concept of integration. When I first arrived in the late 90’s,
The Migrants’ Rights Network have signed an open letter coordinated by ECPAT UK and The Refugee Council, calling for action on children going missing from Home Office Hotels. To read the letter in full, click here.
The Migrants’ Rights Network wrote a letter to Robert Jenrick, the Minister of State for Immigration, urging him to reconsider his use of the word ‘genuine’ due to its damaging repercussions. To read the letter in full, click here. To read more about our Words Matter campaign, click here.