by RITA CHADHA Much has been made of Sajid Javid being the first ethnic/black Home Secretary. Indeed, his appointment – aside from providing a symbolic U-turn from the Windrush cul-de-sac the government finds itself down – is hugely significant, as it provides a fresh canvas upon which to draw new, humane immigration policy. In theory, […]
MRN’s Route to Your Rights project sought to document the challenges that migrants face in settling in the UK. The stories collected through interviews with both migrants and support workers show how difficulties linked to immigration administration, housing and employment often reinforce each other, compounded by gendered vulnerabilities. Many migrants thus face an extended and
The government’s recently published Green Paper on integration contains some welcome considerations, and acknowledges that integration is “a two way street.” Yet the emphasis still lies disproportionately on migrant communities’ own abilities and dispositions, implicitly perpetuating the idea that they are the real “problem” of integration. Existing evidence points to inequalities as a much more
