On 4 June 2020, the Migrants’ Rights Network along with the Coalition of Race Equality (CORE) Members wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the failure of the Public Health England report to challenge racial disproportionality in COVID-19 deaths The letter states that the “report contains no recommendations about what […]
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May has seen expected disappointments, climb downs, shock and us uttering the words ‘YES!’ in relation to immigration but at least we have had some glorious weather. This was the month which bore the dreaded return of the Immigration Bill to Parliament with a flurry, and we witnessed its unfortunate passing at its second reading.
Today with the Public Interest Law Centre, we wrote to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick MP to express concerns that not enough is being done by MHCLG to ensure that all homeless people, regardless of immigration status, can access the accommodation and support they need during the Covid-19 pandemic. In our
On 20 March, along with Public Interest Law Centre and Project 17 and over fifty other organisations, we wrote to local authorities in England demanding that they take urgent steps to protect and support vulnerable migrants, particularly those with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) and those experiencing or at risk of homelessness, during the Coronavirus
The first BME Women’s Community Leadership Programme in Manchester and Sheffield was delivered six months ago to a new and diverse group of women keen to learn and share their experiences with other women in a safe environment. Since then, we delivered the programme in London in partnership with London Black Women’s Project, and delivered
An Open Letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is calling on both governments to give ‘Status Now’ (leave to remain) to all undocumented migrants and those who are awaiting a decision on their immigration case. The letter states it is imperative that everyone’s basic needs are met during the
Today, with Project17 and the Public Law Interest Centre & many other groups, we are calling for immediate action by local authorities to safeguard and protect the health and wellbeing of all migrants, particularly those with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) and those experiencing or at risk of homelessness, during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Today, as the Windrush Lessons Learned Review was published, alongside 15 other race equality and migrant rights organisations , we called for an call for independent review into institutional racism in the Home Office. The full set of recommendations are: 1) The treatment of the Windrush generation was a terrible but predictable injustice. The Review
Today, we joined nine other local Newham organisations asking Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham, to bring about an end to joint working between Council Services and Immigration Enforcement. “We are writing today to urge you to extend these principles and take further steps to isolate the council’s functions from those of the Home Office. We
