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November 2022 Newsletter: IAM2022

IAM2022, WordsMatter + Know Your Rights  In this newsletter, we will be reflecting on Islamophobia Awareness Month. We will be drawing on the thought-provoking discussions from our most recent Who Is Welcome event to analyse how Islamophobia and immigration intersect. Follow us on Twitter for more reflections + posts as the month progresses. # IAM2022 Our Words Matter campaign debunks harmful […]

Words Matter: Defy the narrative

It is time to end the harmful and divisive rhetoric around refugees and migrants. Read our open letter asking for the Home Secretary to withdraw her comments and apologise. We are also calling on the charity sector, activists and community groups to join us in calling for an end to the alienating and divisive narrative

Black History Month 2022 is a Time for Change: Action, Not Words

Here at MRN, we want to bring race and the ongoing impact of colonialism into everyday conversations. Having an intersectional approach is a means to drive more to action as it reaches more people and encourages solidarity building across communities.

July 2022 Newsletter: #Deals4Deportations + Who is Welcome: EU Citizens of Colour

Deals For Deportations “While Rwanda is fresh in the minds of many, this government is unleashing more fear on migrants in the UK through cosigning further ‘migration partnerships’. On 4 July, Priti Patel signed a new deal with Nigeria to speed up deportations and tackle so-called ‘illegal immigration’, and rubber stamped this by deporting 13

EU Citizens of Colour, the EUSS + the post-Brexit Immigration Journey

Join Migrants’ Rights Network + Migrants at Work, on 14 July 2022 (6-7.30pm) for the second installment in our ‘Who Is Welcome?’ online event series, addressing how the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) is failing EU Citizens of colour + their family members. This is an opportunity for people of Colour with lived experience of the EUSS to share their stories + experiences.

New Event Series: ‘Who is Welcome?’

After our highly successful ‘Who is Welcome? Racism, Religion + Refugee Policy’ event, we are delighted to announce our ‘Who is Welcome?’ event series.

Podcast: Who do we think we are?

We are delighted to announce that a new episode of the podcast ‘Who do we think we are?’, featuring our CEO Fizza Qureshi, is out today! When you have no effective safe routes to come to the UK, or where you have those routes…and they’re really narrow in their scope, what other ways are people

Hostile Environment: 10 Year Anniversary

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of the beginning of the Hostile Environment. We must therefore reflect on its legacy, + on the history that made it possible…

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